Dr. Kuan Collins, Executive Director for Digital Innovation at Axient, named the new President of Women in CyberSecurity - WiCyS North Al Affiliate

We're thrilled to introduce Dr. Kuan Collins , the new President of Women in CyberSecurity - WiCyS North Al Affiliate! With over 23 years of experience in digital transformation and innovation, Dr. Collins brings a wealth of expertise and leadership to our organization. She is the Executive Director for Digital Innovation at Axient , where she leads and drives Axient’s digital transformation and innovation investments and solutions for all customer segments. We're honored to have her on our team and look forward to her contributions in empowering women in the cybersecurity field.

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Dr. Kuan Collins is the Executive Director for Digital Innovation at Axient Corporation. In this role she is responsible for leading and driving Axient’s digital transformation and innovation investments and solutions for all customer segments across the company.?

Previously, Kuan joined SAIC in 2003 and served as a Fellow, solutions architect master, and Innovation Factory Director in Huntsville. In this role she was responsible for leading and driving SAIC’s digital transformation and innovation investments and solutions for the Defense and Civilian Sector.?Prior to her post in Huntsville, she was Solutions VP for SAIC’s Software and Analytics practice, where she led the solutioning for several complex captures across multiple sectors. This work was based in Austin, Tx and previously in San Diego, CA. ??

Dr. Collins is recognized as the technical expert and resource in digital transformation, IT modernization, specialized engineering, intelligent software and analytics areas. She has led senior solutions architects’ team and develops intelligent software solutions for insights and action plans from disparate data sources through data-driven and artificial intelligence methods for all customer groups and for strategic bids. She draws on her judgment and expertise in the field’s concepts, practices, and procedures, derived from a Ph.D. and 23 years of experience, to develop technical strategies, architectures, and road maps, and solve complex total system problems for intelligent software and analytics customers.?

Kuan is a mentor at the Capital Factory and University of Alabama Huntsville Invention to Innovation Center (I2C), helping startups understand how to do business with System Integrators, and the Federal Government.? She is adjunct faculty at the University of Maryland Global Campus, School of Business, where she teaches Big Data, Evidence Based Methods and Analytics in Practice. She is adjunct faculty at the University of Alabama Huntsville (UAH), College of Engineering, Department of Industrial Systems Engineering. She teaches Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence in the Spring 2023.? She is adjunct faculty at Alabama A&M University, College of Business, where she will be teaching analytics. She serves on the board for UAH College of Science and Advanced Manufacturing Innovation and Integration Center (AMIIC). From 2019-2021, she served on the board for Austin Forum for Technology and Society and Austin Smart City Alliance.?

Kuan holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland at College Park, a master’s degree in Information Systems from Strayer University and an executive Doctor of Business Administration from the University of Maryland Global Campus.

Area of Interest: digital engineering, DevSecOps, cybersecurity, blockchain; artificial intelligence; augmented analytics; harnessing innovation, collaboration and creativity; scouting and strategy. Specialties: Program management, systems engineering, client relationships, leadership, task management, customer satisfaction, goal-oriented planning. PMP certified. INCOSE CSEP. PM DAWIA Level III certified. MBTI: ENTP.