Maria Demaree

Senior Vice President, Enterprise Business and Digital Transformation and CIO

Maria Demaree is the senior vice president for Enterprise Business and Digital Transformation and chief information officer at Lockheed Martin. Demaree is responsible for developing the strategy and implementing integrated, cross-functional solutions to transform the enterprise. She leads the corporation’s mission-driven transformation program called 1LMX, which encompasses business and digital transformation, digital enablement, innovation and implementation, IT technology delivery and operations, data and analytics, cybersecurity, and classified IT transformation. Her organization includes more than 5,000 professionals worldwide and touches technology, culture, and processes across the company.

In her prior role, Demaree was the vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin’s National Security Space business where she oversaw an expansive $6.6B portfolio while leading a technical workforce comprised of 8,000 full-time employees to deliver end-to-end missions integration, high-performance systems, critical space architectures and other capabilities to help customers successfully execute vital national security missions.

Previously, Demaree was the vice president and general manager of Special Programs at Lockheed Martin Space from January 2021 to September 2023 where she led the performance and execution of an expansive profile comprised of predominately classified programs for the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community customers.

Prior to Special Programs, Demaree was the vice president and general manager of Mission Solutions, a dynamic line of business within Lockheed Martin Space that provided both Department of Defense and Intelligence communities, as well as commercial entities, with mission-critical intelligence solutions through the optimization of satellite constellations, life-cycle data processing technologies and resilient systems infrastructure.

Demaree earned a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Pennsylvania State University and a master’s degree in Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.

May 2025