What Happened?
Herndon, VA-based LGS Innovations has Appointed Rich Martin as Chief Information Officer
About the Company
LGS Innovations is a technology company delivering mission-critical communications products, R&D, and supporting services to U.S. defense, intelligence, and civilian agencies, state and local governments, critical infrastructure operators, and commercial customers around the world. We create advanced solutions in wireless communications, signals processing and analysis, optical networking, photonics, routing and switching, and spectrum management. These solutions drive mission success in Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR), cyberspace operations, and network assurance. By incorporating best-in-class commercial and custom technologies with a full suite of offerings in research and development, engineering, integration, and product applications, our solutions improve efficiency, reduce costs, and provide an information advantage to our customers. LGS has a history and culture of innovation, and maintains strong ties to our Bell Labs legacy of inventive development. Our intellectual curiosity keeps us on the cutting edge of technology and leverages our 75-year history of creating next-generation communications solutions to support critical operations. LGS Innovations is a U.S.-owned company headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, with offices across the U.S. and overseas. We employ more than 1,200 associates around the world, including 750 scientists and engineers.
About the Person
Richard Martin serves as the Chief Information Officer for LGS Innovations. Mr. Martin brings over 20 years of technical and managerial experience to the position of CIO, and has created dynamic IT organizations and technical infrastructures in both startup entrepreneurial environments and for large international companies. An effective communicator who is equally comfortable discussing technology and business strategy, Mr. Martin has the proven ability to utilize the benefits of IT to solve business problems while managing costs and risks. Prior to his role as CIO for LGS, Mr. Martin was the Chief Information Officer for Transaction Network Services, a global financial and telecommunications company in Reston, Virginia. While in that role, he directed IT initiatives that supported product development in payments, telecommunications, and financial business units. He managed forty professionals in four countries, supporting operations in twenty countries, and was the key decision maker on IT solution governance, architecture, development, implementation, and support. Mr. Martin holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Old Dominion University, and a Master of Science degree in Information Systems Technology from George Washington University.
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