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Pamela P. Hunt, CIO

08.12.2008
Pamela Hunt understands the importance of recognizing accomplishments in the workplace. Since being named CIO of Lockheed Martin Simulation, Training & Support three years ago, Hunt has instituted several such programs for the company's 60-person IT staff, says Lawrence Davis, a senior IT manager and colleague. Among them is the Innovator of the Quarter award to honor IT team members who generate ideas for delivering IT support to the company's 3,300 engineers and other employees.

Hunt also introduced the CIO Excellence award to recognize individual IT staffers for exceptional contributions, says Davis.

It's all part of what he describes as Hunt's "full-spectrum" leadership. "She won't ask one of the [IT] team members to do anything that she wouldn't be willing to do herself," Davis says. Plus, Hunt encourages everyone on the team "to be leaders, no matter where we are in the org structure," he says. "At the same time, we're all held accountable."

Hunt, 51, who joined in 1980 as a structures engineer, says that in Lockheed Martin's male-oriented culture, "I fit in just fine."

Since becoming CIO, Hunt has spearheaded several critical initiatives, including the rollout of a secured wireless network across the company's half-mile campus in Orlando last year.

"You want to give people the freedom and flexibility to work wherever they want [on campus]," says Hunt. "At the same time, we're not like the local , where you can hop on the local wireless network. When you're a contractor, security is your utmost concern."