CLICK TO WATCH : ‘ BEHIND THE SCENES WITH LISA DAVIS : A NEW ERA OF IT ’ 77 gained from a career in technology spanning more than three decades in the public and private sectors , into the need for ongoing digital transformations that are holistic , guided by corporate strategy and ultimately driven by customer demand .
Davis ’ journey in the public sector began as a senior in high school , spending her summers throughout college working in a Junior Fellowship Program at the Lakehurst Naval Air Engineering Center . “ They were trying to recruit engineers to come to work for the US Government ,” she recalls .
“ I spent 26 years , after graduating from Syracuse , working for the US Department of Defense . I think I may be one of the few people who started as a high school senior , as a GS2 – the very bottom of the pay scale – and retired as a Senior Executive Service Member , which is equivalent to a US Admiral or General .” Throughout her career with the DoD , Davis held almost every job in the IT organisation , rising from a computer programmer , to managing help desks services , to managing infrastructure systems , to running mission control systems , to being
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