SAIC Deputy CIO Linda Howard Receives 2014 CIO Ones To Watch Award From IDG's CIO Magazine And CIO Executive Council

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Mar 05, 2014, 07:50 ET

MCLEAN, Va., March 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAIC) announced today that Linda Howard, senior vice president and deputy chief information officer (CIO), received the 2014 CIO Ones to Watch Awards from International Data Group's CIO magazine and CIO Executive Council.

"This award is truly an honor and a proud moment in my career," Howard said. "I work with so many talented and brilliant people at SAIC and this award is a recognition of their efforts. They acquire the best solutions for our customers' missions and keep our company strong."

Howard is responsible for all operational, technical and strategic direction of corporate-provided information technology (IT) services. Her previous experience in delivering IT services and solutions to various federal customers provides a unique approach to SAIC's CIO department, truly aligning the CIO with the business owners and objectives.

Howard is among 25 awardees in IT who bring leadership, innovation and value to their organization and are primed to become future CIOs. Howard will accept her award at the CIO Ones to Watch Awards ceremony held on March 4, at the JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort in Tucson, Ariz., during The Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leadership Conference.

"This year's group of Ones to Watch honorees bring a sharp sense of business savvy and technology leadership to their companies," Maryfran Johnson, editor-in-chief, CIO magazine & Events, said. "They've all demonstrated the kind of innovative spirit, focus and determination that future CIOs will need in such abundance."

SAIC CIO Robert Fecteau nominated and endorsed Howard for this nomination, which was reviewed by a judging panel of leading CIOs.

"The CIO Executive Council community is devoted to influencing the future of this great profession. Year after year, our members embrace the tough responsibility of judging which nominees have the best attributes to become game-changing CIO's," said Pamela J. Stenson, CIO Executive Council president.

About SAIC

SAIC is a leading technology integrator providing full life-cycle services and solutions in the technical, engineering, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC's deep domain knowledge and customer relationships enable the delivery of systems engineering and integration offerings for large, complex government and commercial projects. SAIC's approximately 14,000 employees serve customers in the U.S. federal government, state/local, and global commercial markets, specializing in providing a broad range of higher-end, differentiated technical capabilities. Headquartered in McLean, Va., SAIC has annual revenues of about $4 billion. For more information, visit http://www.saic.com/.

About CIO and the CIO Executive Council

CIO is the premier content and community resource for information technology executives and leaders thriving and prospering in this fast-paced era of IT transformation in the enterprise. The award-winning CIO portfolio—CIO.com, CIO magazine (launched in 1987), CIO executive programs, CIO custom solutions, CIO Forum on LinkedIn, CIO Executive Council and CIO primary research—provides business technology leaders with analysis and insight on information technology trends and a keen understanding of IT's role in achieving business goals. Additionally, CIO provides opportunities for IT solution providers to reach this executive IT audience. The CIO Executive Council is a global professional association of CIOs and senior IT leaders from more than 700 organizations that serve as an unbiased peer advisory network. This member-driven organization is also dedicated to leadership development for current and future IT business leaders and to the advancement of the CIO role and IT profession. CIO is published by IDG Enterprise, a subsidiary of International Data Group (IDG), the world's leading media, events, and research company. Company information is available at http://www.idgenterprise.com/.

Certain statements in this announcement constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements involve risks and uncertainties and a number of factors could cause our actual results, performance, achievements, or industry results to be very different from the results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some of these factors include, but are not limited to, the risk factors set forth in SAIC's Form 10 and other such filings that SAIC makes with the SEC from time to time. Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof.

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