Arlene Dodds is a strategist with 35 years of experience leading business development initiatives. Her recent professional engagements include developing business in the government market for Tier 1 contractors such as Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin providing services to the USAF, the USN and the IC. Her ability to guide teams to develop and offer solutions that serve customers’ missions has been responsible for securing strategic opportunities as large as $2.5B. For the commercial transportation market on the operations side, she oversaw a portfolio of programs individually valued at $100M (light rail) and $60.4M (heavy rail) and ensured quality performance IAW US Federal and nation-specific technical and security regulations. Earlier in her career, she directed expert teams to develop software training systems and simulators for operators of the largest fully automated transportation networks in the world. She has negotiated cooperative international training of key workers for technology modernization and transformation programs (each valued $100M-$220M) for many of the nation’s largest and most progressive automated industrial facilities (e.g., aluminum/steel and composite). She holds a BA from Chatham University and professional certifications in competitive intelligence, positioning to win, governance, operational excellence, and program management (including SAFe Agile).