Ms. Heise served as Corporate Vice President, Worldwide Public Sector of Microsoft Corporation from 2022 to 2025, having previously served as Microsoft s Corporate Vice President for Defense and Intelligence since 2021. Ms. Heise served as the president of the civil group at Leidos Holdings, Inc., a provider of services and solutions in the defense, intelligence, civil and health markets, from 2016 to 2019, where she was responsible for providing solutions to US Cabinet-level civil agencies and major elements of the public sector across the globe. Her areas of focus include air traffic automation, energy and the environment, federal infrastructure and logistics, information technology and cybersecurity, and transportation security. Prior to her role with Leidos, Ms. Heise held a number of positions with Lockheed Martin between 1997 and 2016. Most recently, from 2015 to 2016, Ms. Heise served as vice president-commercial markets, where she was responsible for delivery of a portfolio of cybersecurity and information technology solutions and services to Global 1000 customers. Ms. Heise holds a BS in computer science from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.