Technovation with Peter High (CIO, CTO, CDO, CXO Interviews) Lockheed Martin CIO Reveals Digital Strategy for Defense
Oct 6, 2025
Maria Demaree, Lockheed Martin's Senior Vice President and CIO, drives a major digital and cultural transformation within the aerospace giant. She discusses the OneLMX initiative, which unifies 122,000 employees under a mission-focused digital strategy. Maria delves into the integration of AI and quantum computing to enhance national security operations and shares insights on balancing legacy systems with innovation. She emphasizes the importance of empathy and urgency in digital transformation, highlighting the cultural shift towards a common employee experience.
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CIO Is Dual Operational And Strategic Role
- The CIO role combines highly operational IT responsibilities with strategic digital transformation leadership.
- Maria Demaree runs systems while reimagining processes to accelerate delivery to customers.
Connect Factories To Unlock Parts Visibility
- Connecting global factories creates a single source of truth for parts and inventory across business units.
- AI can resolve naming differences and accelerate deliveries by finding equivalent parts corporation-wide.
Standardize Tools To Enable Mobility
- Standardize core tools across functions where it adds value, like HR and finance.
- Use common tools to ease mobility and reduce retraining across business areas.