Science Applications International Corp. announced the appointment of former Chief Information Officer of the Department of the Air Force Lauren Knausenberger as chief innovation officer. Knausenberger is the former chief information officer for the Department of the Air Force where she was responsible for three directorates - Enterprise Information Technology, Data and Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity ?

and supported 20,000 cyber operations and support personnel around the globe. She provided oversight of the Air Force's Information Technology investment strategy from networks to cloud computing, enterprise policies, data management, digital transformation, information resources management, information technology innovation initiatives, information assurance and related matters. Prior to joining the Air Force, she was the founder and president of consulting and venture capital firm Accellint Inc., and before that held positions of increasing responsibility at American Management Systems and CACI.

In her new role at SAIC, Knausenberger has dual responsibility, first, for leading the company?s innovation strategy across the solutions and services portfolio; and also for ensuring SAIC?s transformation capabilities are mission-relevant, agile and aligned with the needs of customers. The current Chief Technology Officer and the Innovation Factory teams will report into her organization. As CINO, she will also lead SAIC?s Corporate Strategy function.