Guest Lecture: Victor Thompson

May 05, 2025

1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. CAT

A203

Innovation Applied to Space Services and Advance Air Mobility

Speaker: Victor Thompson, Former CIO NASA Headquarters

Bio: Thompson brings over 40 years of computer technology and software application engineering experience to a well-rounded leadership portfolio. He possesses broad engineering and software development experience in the areas of enterprise systems, distributed object systems, RF engineering design, business intelligence architectures, data mining platforms and ASP/web-services. He has been responsible for developing systems in the application areas of cloud content distribution, e-commerce, mobile wireless applications, supply chain management, semiconductor software testbeds, web-based security, telematics, and biometrics. He is a recognized technology leader known for crafting strategic and innovative vision to achieve business goals and IT solutions that lead to operational resiliency.

His career is marked by a deep understanding of complex systems and a consistent drive for innovation. As the primary visionary of the NASA Innovation Ecosystem, for 20 years he consistently focused on ensuring shared ownership and vision for technology collaboration and infusion across business stakeholders, strategic vendors, external technology teams and academia.

As the former NASA Headquarters CIO, he was responsible for developing and implementing the organization's
IT strategy, managing IT budgets in excess of $100M, and overseeing a cadre of IT staff. This included managing
daily operational systems and services, infrastructure, and ensuring security of all information and systems.

Victor’s leadership has been honed through an extensive technology portfolio along with implementing innova-
tive solutions for companies such as Digital Equipment Corporation, Eon, ComSearch, Manugistics, Raytheon, Real Networks, and Sprint.

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