Jacobs: If/When

Jeff McCoy is the Chief Engineer for the Jacobs Software Engineering Center (JSEC), located in Hudson, New Hampshire. Jeff joined Jacobs as part of the TYBRIN purchase in 2010. Jeff also currently serves as the Program Manager for the Support Aircraft Agile Effort (SAAE), which employs the SAFe agile process to develop a wide range of Department of Defense advanced software solutions for the Missi...

Shannon Miller is an Executive Vice President and President of Jacobs’ Divergent Solutions operating unit, responsible for delivering creative innovative, next generation cloud, cyber, data and digital solutions across the company to enable our customers and partners globally.  She leads our Cyber & Intelligence, Platforms, Technologies & Software Solutions and Technology & Innovative Solutions bu...

Chris Voss is a former Lead FBI Negotiator and dynamic  speaker who debunks the biggest myths of negotiation. Chris used his many years of experience in international crises and high-stakes negotiations to develop a unique program that applies globally proven techniques to the business world. Prior to 2008, Chris was the lead international kidnapping negotiator for the Federal Bureau of Investigat...

Adi Karisik is a global leader with over 20 years of highly specialized professional experience, one that covers information technology, enterprise IT cyber security, Operational Technology, management consulting, and intelligence consulting as well as providing specialized services in Defense and Intelligence domains. He managed several classified and open programs/portfolios in both USA and Euro...

To learn more about the United Nations Outreach Programme on the Holocaust, click here . Read more about Leslie Rosenthal's story from this article from Canada's National Post (originally published August 25, 2012), as well as this story about Miriam Rosenthal from the February 22, 2018 edition of The Globe and Mail . You may also find additional information from this blog . 

Alex Mahrou is the Director of Incubation for Data and Technology within the People & Places Solutions line of business at Jacobs. His focus areas are on growing organic capability in cloud, data & analytics, Open Source, and platform-level technology. He originally started with the Jacobs family in 2013. David Yardy is a Software Architect/Team Manager with a 20-year history of working in the eng...

John Rickermann , PE – Managing Director, Technical Services Group, OMFS, is the technology and innovation interface between the Jacobs O&M division and the greater Jacobs engineering organization. He manages a specialty team of 75 subject matter experts in water treatment and maintenance.  The Jacobs O&M group includes 3,000 operators and mechanics at over 200 sites. His current focus is on digit...

Tom Davenport is a Distinguished Professor of Information Technology and Management at Babson College, Visiting Professor at Oxford Business School, Fellow of the MIT Digital Economy Initiative, and Senior Advisor to Deloitte’s AI practice. He has published 23 books and over 300 articles for Harvard Business Review  and many other publications. He has been named one of the world’s Top 25 Consultan...

Scott Stetson serves as the Division Vice President for Growth & Strategy in the Rapid Solutions performance unit of Jacobs’ Divergent Solutions group. He has over twenty-five years of engineering and operations leadership experience in both government and commercial capacities, and across several technology domains. Scott holds an undergraduate degree from Duke University, an M.S. in Applied Phys...

Most widely recognized for her service on September 11, Lt. (Retired) Heather “Lucky” Penney was part of the pioneering first wave of women who entered fighters directly from pilot training. Lucky was the first and only woman in the 121st Fighter Squadron during her time flying the F-16, conducting combat air patrols over Washington DC and deploying to combat twice. She was airborne the first nigh...

As the President of  Eminent Future , a digital product and innovation company focused on creating societal change, Isaac Barnes has won federal contracts valued at over $13B with the Pentagon, White House, and Department of State. In his career, he developed multiple large-scale federal websites for the Pentagon and won multiple industry awards. Isaac worked under both the Obama and Trump preside...

David Fajgenbaum , MD, MBA, MSc, is a groundbreaking physician-scientist, disease hunter, speaker, and national bestselling author of  Chasing My Cure: A Doctor's Race to Turn Hope Into Action , which has been translated into five languages, named one of the “Best Non-Fiction Books of 2019,” and profiled by  Good Morning America ,  CNN , and BBC News, among others. Now, he is leading the effort to...

Anthony Hauck , co-Founder and COO, Hypar, has more than 20 years’ experience in architecture, engineering, construction, and IT, followed by 10 years at Autodesk as the Director of Product Management for Revit and the Director of Product Strategy for AEC Generative Design. Anthony has always sought to improve building outcomes through strategic application of advanced technology. As co-founder of...

Shep Bostin is an Enterprise Architect for Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) working with Systems Integrators focused on the public sector. As an Enterprise Architect, Shep is responsible for designing technology solutions that support and align with customers' organizational missions, technology strategies, and IT processes. He has more than 30 years of IT experience in systems engineering, produc...

A disruptor, educator, and transformer obsessed with human centered design, Jacobs Director, Technology & Innovation Timothy Berendt is experienced in corporate innovation, business development and strategic investments. At Jacobs, Tim is responsible for the incubation and acceleration of multiple projects including sourcing innovation and technology organizations. In his current role, he also co-...

Abby Crisostomo is the Project Director for Thames Estuary 2100, the 100-year Plan setting out how the Environment Agency and its partners can work together to manage tidal flood risk in the Thames Estuary, adapt to a changing climate and plan for the future of our riverside. Prior to this, she led on climate adaptation, green infrastructure, water, flood risk and heat risk planning and policy for...

Kara Connon has experience developing and delivering inspirational and interactive educational STEAM programs for pupils of all ages, to raise young people’s aspiration and knowledge of future STEAM careers and develop the skills of the future workforce. Kara has successfully engaged with Boards of Directors and Executive Leadership teams to gain their confidence in the development of a strategy t...

Mark Mothersbaugh is one of this era’s most unique and prolific composers. Deeply aware of the ability of precise, multi-faceted artistic expression to deliver vital social commentary, he has perpetually challenged and redefined musical and visual boundaries. Mothersbaugh co-founded influential rock group DEVO, and then parlayed his avant-garde musical background into a leading role in the world o...

Dr. Jennifer Blum , an astrophysicist, is Senior Director Data Scientist for Jacobs CMS Cyber & Intelligence Business Unit. She is the second African American woman to ever graduate with a Ph. D. in Astrophysics from the University of Michigan. Her doctorate focused on using X-ray satellites to determine how fast black holes and neutron stars spin. Her current expertise is in cyber security algori...

Eric Oddo , Environmental Engineering Program Manager, Western Placer Waste Management Authority, has worked for the WPWMA for more than 23 years and is responsible for overseeing operations at the WPWMA’s mixed waste MRF, green waste composting facility and sanitary landfill.  He directs WPWMA’s Renewable Placer Waste Action Plan facility master planning and regional circular economy development...

Nicola Enoch 's world fell apart in 2004 when a pediatrician advised that her then newborn son Tom has Down syndrome. Nicola has since gone on to become a strong advocate and in 2017 created  Positive about Down syndrome  (PADS) to ensure expectant and new parents of a baby with Down syndrome in the UK have access to contemporary information and ongoing support. PADS also delivers training to medi...

Dr. Phillip Anz-Meador is the Jacobs Principal Scientist for Orbital Debris within the NASA Orbital Debris Program Office (ODPO) at Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, and corporate subject matter expert on space debris and the space environment. Since joining the ODPO in 1985, Dr. Anz-Meador has initiated and led significant, fundamental efforts in space traffic and debris characterization, all...

Astronaut Charlie Duke is one of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966, and went on to serve in 5 different Apollo missions to the Moon: member of the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 10 CAPCOM for Apollo 11, the first manned landing on the Moon backup lunar module pilot on Apollo 13 lunar module pilot on Apollo 16 backup lunar module pilot on Apollo 17 As lunar module pilot of Apo...

Craig Clifton is Jacobs’ global technology lead for resilience and climate change. He is based in Bendigo, Australia. Craig has a master’s degree in forest science and specializes in climate change and natural hazards vulnerability, risk and resilience. He works with a wide variety of public and private sector clients on climate and natural hazards risk and resilience in transportation infrastruct...

Dr. Jennifer Blum , an astrophysicist, is Senior Director Data Scientist for Jacobs CMS Cyber & Intelligence Business Unit. She is the second African American woman to ever graduate with a Ph. D. in Astrophysics from the University of Michigan. Her doctorate focused on using X-ray satellites to determine how fast black holes and neutron stars spin. Her current expertise is in cyber security algori...