Full Name
Ms. Robin Yeman
Job Title
Chief Technology Officer
Company
Catalyst Campus
Speaker Bio
As the CTO of Catalyst Campus for Technology & Innovation, Robin collaborates closely with the Catalyst Campus ecosystem to match the latest technologies and processes to mission needs. She works closely with technology providers and mission needs customers to optimize delivery of products and services from research and development directly into the hands of the warfighter, turning mission needs into successful mission outcomes.

Robin is passionate about continuous learning and currently working towards her PHD in Systems Engineering at Colorado State University. Her dissertation research is identifying the best practices for delivering complex safety critical system of systems utilizing Agile and DevSecOps. She has published multiple papers in Industrial DevSecOps through IT Revolution where she outlines how to expand DevSecOps outside of software into management, hardware and firmware. In pursuit of continuous improvement within the defense domain she Co-leads NDIA ADAPT (Agile Development for Agencies, Programs and Teams), Supports Incose Agile Systems Engineering, and SEI’s Agile Working Group.

Robin’s expertise spans over twenty-five years of experience in systems engineering, software development, and IT with the focus on Agile software development across multiple domains. She has spent almost 3 decades leading technology at Lockheed Martin across all domains building a variety of systems from Submarines to Satellites. She led the corporate software factory instantiation providing a common approach across all lines of business ensuring an enterprise approach to delivering all types of software intensive systems. Robins most recent role at Lockheed Martin was Technical Senior Fellow which is considered Lockheed Martin’s top technical talent comprised of less than .05% of the workforce.

She is a DevOps ambassador at the DevOps Institute and has been actively leading Agile programs execution at scale both domestically and internationally for the last eighteen years with multiple certifications, including Scaled Agile Framework Fellow, Certified Scrum Practitioner, CSM, CSPO, PSM, PMP, PMI-ACP, INCOSE Certified Systems Engineer, and Kanban Masterclass.

Robin received her bachelor’s degree from Syracuse University in Management Information Systems, her master’s degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Software Engineering and currently is pursuing a Ph.D. in Systems Engineering at Colorado State University.
Robin Yeman