WHY ATTEND

Lauren Goodwin holds a dual role within the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as Chief Information Officer and Director, Information Resources for the Johnson Space Center (JSC). As Director, Lauren is responsible for policies and standards that govern the full IT life cycle at JSC. As the CIO, she reports to NASA Headquarters and leads a team responsible for information systems and services to support the broad spectrum of Center, programmatic, engineering, scientific and administrative functions. Prior to this role, Lauren served as the Chief Technology Officer at JP Morgan for their Environment, Social, and Governance programs along with a new start-up within the firm focused on equity and quality in healthcare.

Lauren initially began her NASA career on the VIPER team, accountable for Environmental Control and Life Support (ECLSS) for the International Space Station. She transitioned into the energy industry leading a center of excellence for data analytics in support of automated and predictive modelling--artificial intelligence. Lauren was one of the first leaders to introduce automated expertise identification via data analytics winning and speaking at conferences globally. Other positions she held in the energy industry included the Vice President of Digital Transformation and the Digital Security and Risk Officer.

At SpaceX, Lauren headed the cybersecurity assurance program to secure the autonomous Crew Dragon space vehicle. Lauren has a reputation for introducing the possibilities and application of data, analytics and automation with ethical, secure means of making a difference and managing risk. Lauren shares this experience with Executive Masters students at Columbia University where she is Associate Faculty.

Lauren has a Master of Science degree from Columbia University in New York. She was awarded Columbia University's Alumni Digital Innovation Award for her work on virtual and augmented reality for child cancer treatment. She recently earned her Doctorate from University of Pennsylvania focusing her research on educational neuroscience and artificial intelligence.