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Joanne O’Rourke Isham is currently the Chief Operating Office of High Performance Technologies, Inc. (HPTi). She joined HPTi in July 2007. Prior to assuming this role, Ms. Isham was the Vice President/Deputy General Manager of Network Systems at BAE Systems. In that capacity she was directly responsible for identifying strategic opportunities for new mission focus within the Intelligence Community, Department of the Defense and the Department of Homeland Security.
Before joining BAE Systems, Ms. Isham was a member of the Senior Intelligence Service and a career officer at the Central Intelligence Agency. From September 2001 until her retirement she served as Deputy Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Immediately prior to that assignment she served as Deputy Director for Science and Technology at the CIA. In that position she was the principal executive overseeing the CIA’s scientific and technical program with particular responsibility for clandestine technical activities and Agency wide research and development. Ms. Isham held several other senior management positions in the CIA and other Intelligence Community organizations. She has received numerous awards throughout her career including the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal, the Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award, the National Medal of Achievement and several Directors’ Awards. Ms. Isham is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame.
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