BAE Systems, Inc. Announces Recent Appointments to Senior Leadership Team
July 18 2019 - 11:01AM
Business Wire
Today BAE Systems, Inc. announced three appointments to its
senior leadership team, including Alice Eldridge as senior vice
president, general counsel and secretary, Travis Garriss as senior
vice president and chief information officer (CIO), and Leslie
Jelalian as senior vice president of Strategy & Corporate
Development.
“Alice, Travis and Leslie each bring extensive experience and
deep expertise to our leadership team in their respective
positions,” said BAE Systems, Inc. President and COO Tom
Arseneault. “They will provide important counsel to the company as
we build on our market-leading positions across a wide portfolio of
products and services.”
Alice Eldridge succeeds Ian Graham, who departed the company in
May, as senior vice president and general counsel. In addition to
her role as general counsel, Eldridge has been appointed to the BAE
Systems, Inc. Board of Directors and will serve as the board
secretary.
She previously served as chief counsel for the company’s
Platforms and Services sector. Before joining BAE Systems in 2012,
Alice led the legal teams for multiple divisions at Lockheed Martin
Corporation, where she was also vice president of Ethics and
Business Conduct. Early in her career, she worked as an associate
with two D.C. law firms in their government contracting practices.
Alice earned her bachelor’s degree in Economics and Political
Science from the University of Vermont at Burlington, and she holds
a Juris Doctor degree with honors from the George Washington
University, National Law Center in Washington, D.C.
In the newly created position of senior vice president and CIO,
Travis Garriss will lead efforts to invest in and maintain critical
systems to meet the company’s expanding high-technology
requirements, while preserving strong information security and
governance. Travis most recently served as CIO and vice president
of User and Functional Enablement at Honeywell. Prior to joining
Honeywell in 2007, Garriss spent time at DHL and ran a consulting
firm specializing in Internet services and network security for
public service, communications, and other clients. He holds a
bachelor's degree from Excelsior College.
Leslie Jelalian will fill a restructured role as senior vice
president of Strategy and Corporate Development, focused on
pursuing strategic growth through domestic and international
business opportunities and identifying key initiatives to
strengthen BAE Systems’ portfolio with appropriate acquisitions,
divestitures, and organic investments. Since joining BAE Systems in
1988, Leslie has served in a variety of leadership roles in
engineering, program management, and strategy development. Most
recently, she was vice president of Strategy and Planning for
Electronic Systems, which followed her roles as vice president and
general manager for the Intelligence, Surveillance &
Reconnaissance Solutions business area and as vice president of
Engineering for the Electronic Systems sector. Leslie earned her
bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering from the
University of Massachusetts at Amherst and her master’s degree in
Systems Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University.
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