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K e Y n o T e s P e a K e r s
Nora Denzel
Technical Executive, Board Member,
SABA and Overland
Anita K. Jones
University Professor Emerita,
University of Virginia
THURSDAY
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Nora Denzel was most recently Intuit’s senior vice president leading the company’s big data and social design
initiatives, and the central marketing organization. “Big Data” is the emerging science of creating, organizing
and analyzing very large datasets to gain new insights and use information efficiently. In this role, she was
responsible for establishing, directing and implementing Intuit’s data strategy, and quickly converting information into
a competitive advantage through the company’s social design and central marketing programs.
Denzel joined Intuit in 2008, serving as senior vice president and general manager of the company’s
Employee Management Solutions Business Unit which provides easy to use payroll and employee benefit
services to more than one million small businesses. Previously, she was senior vice president of Hewlett-
Packard’s global software business, where she led the division to double-digit growth and profitability. Earlier,
Denzel served as senior vice president of product operations at Legato Systems Inc., now a division of EMC.
She began her career as an engineer at IBM and advanced quickly to executive positions during her 13 year
tenure with the company.
She serves on the board of directors for Overland Storage Inc. and the Anita Borg Institute, which provides
resources and programs to help industry, academia and government recruit, retain and develop women leaders in
high-tech fields. Denzel earned her bachelor’s degree in computer science from the State University of New York and
a Masters of Business Administration from Santa Clara University.
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Professor Jones is a University Professor Emerita at the University of Virginia and a Professor of Computer
Science in the School of Engineering and Applied Science. The Honorable Anita K. Jones was sworn in as
the Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the U.S. Department of Defense in June 1993. In
that position she was responsible for the management of the DoD science and technology program. This included
responsibility for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and oversight of the DoD laboratories.
Professor Jones is past vice-chair of the National Science Board, which oversees the National Science
Foundation. She is a senior fellow of the Defense Science Board, a member of the Charles Stark Draper
Laboratory Corporation, and a past member of the MIT Corporation Executive Committee. She is a member
of the National Academy of Engineering, the American Philosophical Society, and a Fellow of the Association
for Computing Machinery, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the American Academy of Arts
& Sciences, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She has received the Computing
Research Association’s Service Award, the Air Force Meritorious Civilian Service Award, the Department of
Defense Award for Distinguished Public Service, and the IEEE Founders Award. The U.S. Navy named a seamount
in the North Pacific Ocean for her. Among the advisory studies that she has chaired or participated in, one of her
favorites resulted in the National Academies report that answered a question from U.S. Congress: “What icebreaking
ship capability does the nation need?”
She is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Science Applications International Corporation and
a trustee of In-Q-Tel and of Science Foundation Arizona. Duke University, Carnegie Mellon University, and the
University of Southern California have awarded her Honorary Doctorate degrees. She is a founder and Council
member of the Computing Community Consortium. She has published more than 50 technical articles and two
books in the area of computer software and systems, cyber-security, and science and technology policy. In 2010, the
National Academy of Engineering gave her the Arthur M. Bueche Award for contributions to science and technology
policy advancement. Dr. Jones holds an A.B. from Rice University in mathematics, a Master of the Arts from the
University of Texas, Austin, in literature, and a Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University.
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