EADS North America
Carlaine Blizzard is the Vice President of EADS North America’s Homeland Security Programs. In this role, Blizzard is responsible for the non-platform program management, product technologies, and federal marketing and sales related activities for homeland security business in the United States.
Blizzard has over twenty-five years of experience in the defense and homeland security sectors. Most recently, Blizzard worked at Lockheed Martin, where she served as the vice president of International Programs for the Information Systems and Global Services Civil Division, leading the division’s international capture strategy development and implementation. Her duties included business area management, program management, and domestic and international new business growth.
Blizzard began her career in 1984 at IBM Federal Systems as a program control manager for U.S. Air Force programs. In her nearly fifteen years at Lockheed Martin, she held roles of increasing responsibility beginning with director of operations for LM Mission Systems; vice president of Defense Information Systems for LM Integrated Systems and Solutions; and vice president of Homeland Security for LM Transportation and Security Solutions. Her experience includes system delivery, security, services, and information systems integration.
Blizzard holds a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Operations Research from Louisiana State University and a master’s degree in Business Administration from Binghamton University, an institution of the State University of New York. A certified project manager since 1993, she holds numerous qualifications, including completion of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Foreign Politics and International Relations Seminar.
