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SAIC Creates Strategic Advisory Board That Includes Former Top DoD Officials

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, July 13th, 2021

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SAIC Creates Strategic Advisory Board That Includes Former Top DoD Officials

SAIC CEO Nazzic Keene. Photo: SAIC

Seeking to hone its strategy for growth and innovation, Science Applications International Corp. [SAIC] has formed a Strategic Advisory Board that initially includes three former high ranking Defense Department Officials from the Trump administration that also have business experience. The former DoD officials are David Norquist, who was deputy secretary and comptroller, Ellen Lord, undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment, and Dana Deasy, the chief information officer (CIO). In business, Norquist was with the government-focused financial management and services company Kearney…

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