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Amy E. Alving

Amy E. Alving

Director Since: 2018

Age: 60

Committees: Cybersecurity Committee; Governance and Nominating Committee (Chair)

Career Highlights and Qualifications: Ms. Alving is the former Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Leidos Holdings, Inc. (formerly Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), one of the nation’s top defense sector providers of hardware, software and services, where she worked from 2005 - 2013. From 2007 - 2013, she was SAIC’s Chief Technology Officer, stepping down when the company separated into two smaller companies. As the company’s senior technologist, she was responsible for the creation, communication and implementation of SAIC’s technical and scientific vision and strategy. Prior to joining SAIC, Ms. Alving was the director of the Special Projects Office (SPO) at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) until 2005, where she was a member of the federal Senior Executive Service. Prior to her time at DARPA, Ms. Alving was a White House Fellow for the Department of Commerce serving as a senior technical advisor to the Deputy Secretary of Commerce from 1997 - 1998. Ms. Alving was an aerospace engineering professor at the University of Minnesota from 1990 - 1997.

Other Public Company Directorships: 

  • Current: DXC Technology Company; Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae).
  • Previous: Howmet Aerospace (then named Arconic Inc.) (November 2016 – May 2017); Pall Corporation (since acquired by Danaher Corporation) (2010 – 2015).

Other Affiliations: 

  • Current: Member, Air Force Scientific Advisory Board; Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Board of Trustees, Princeton University.
  • Previous: Member, Defense Science Board.

Attributes and Skills: Ms. Alving is a technology leader whose career spans business, government and academia. She has been the Chief Technology Officer of one of the largest U.S. defense contractors; has led a major element of the military’s research and development enterprise; and has been a tenured faculty member carrying out original research at a major university. Ms. Alving brings to the Board extensive innovation and technology experience across multiple sectors that will help the Company innovate and grow.

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