Dr. Haden A. Land
Dr. Haden Land is a cybersecurity and information technology senior executive consultant. With 35 years of professional experience, he serves government agencies, allied nations, and regulated commercial industries.
His areas of expertise include cloud computing, big data, cyber security, enterprise mobility, complex adaptive systems, digitization, engineering, enterprise architecture, advanced concepts. He has domain knowledge within government, space, energy, law enforcement, transportation, financial, and healthcare.
Dr. Land retired as vice president of research and technology for Lockheed Martin’s Information Systems and Global Solutions. He was responsible for technical solutions, strategic partnerships, global innovation centers, research and development, and emerging technology planning. Previously, he was vice president of solutions engineering for Lockheed Martin IS&GS, vice president of Engineering and CTO for Lockheed Martin IS&GS Civil and vice president of Technical Operations and CTO/CIO for Lockheed Martin Enterprise Solutions. In addition, Land has extensive technical experience performing in many chief architect and chief engineer roles and has held a number of technical and engineering director positions. Previous employers include IBM and Loral.
Dr. Land currently serves on the Capitol Technology University board of trustees, Prince George’s Community College Foundation board chairman, and Syracuse University Engineering & Computer Science College Dean’s Leadership Council member. He is a member of Upsilon Pi Epsilon and Epsilon Delta Pi Honor Societies.Previous positions include Hispanic Information Technology Executive Council board director, Potsdam University board trustee, Cyber Maryland Advisory board member, Washington DC CIO Executive Committee chair, and World Economic Forum member.
Dr. Land has a bachelor's degree in mathematics and computer science from Potsdam University and a master's degree in computer science from Syracuse University. He is also the recipient of two honorary doctoral degrees: Doctor of Science from SUNY Potsdam and Doctor of Humane Letters from Capitol College (now Capitol Technology University). He is a sought-out global speaker and active in philanthropic initiatives. He has been selected eight times as one of the Top Hispanics in Business and Technology by Hispanic Engineer and Information Technology magazine, thrice named a Most Influential Hispanic by the Hispanic Information Technology Executive Council, and received the prestigious Global CIO Executive Top 10 Breakaway Leader award and the Minerva Award for professional lifetime achievement.