Jim Kane — Chief Information Officer of Technology Services and Vice President at Northrop Grumman Corporation

Mr. Jim Kane has been the Chief Information Officer Technology Services and Vice President at Northrop Grumman Corporation since January 2016. Mr. Kane is responsible for Northrop Grumman Corporation's overall program management of the Information Technology Infrastructure Partnership between Northrop Grumman and the Commonwealth of Virginia, which is overseen by VITA. He served as Vice President and Program Manager of the Virginia Information Technologies Agency from September 19, 2011 to January 2016. He served as Northrop Grumman's Director of Information Technology Services on the U.S. Missile Defense Agency Joint National Integration Center Research and Development Contract program. He was responsible for the strategic direction and operations of the program's IT organization. During his 17-year career with Northrop Grumman, he has served in a variety of management positions including roles as Chief Information Officer and Manager of Information Systems. He was also the recipient of the 2008 CIO Ones to Watch award from CIO Magazine and the CIO Executive Council and was a Member of the CIO Executive Council, supporting worldwide IT initiatives and improvements. Mr. Kane earned a Bachelor's Degree from National-Louis University, Chicago and attended Executive Leadership Programs at the Harvard University Law School, the University of Chicago and Babson College.