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Lockheed Martin Vice President Lorraine Martin has assumed the role of chairman of the executive council of the Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium (NCOIC), succeeding Carl O'Berry of Boeing, whose one-year term has concluded. Martin has been the vice chairman for the past year. "The NCOIC today has 80 members, with more in the process of joining," said Martin. "During our first year of operation, we have developed a solid, 19-member advisory council, led by former Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology Paul Kaminski; we've formalized affiliate relationships with several consortia performing complementary activities, such as the Association for Enterprise Integration (AFEI) and the World Wide Consortium for the Grid (W2COG); and we are within weeks of finalizing the first version of our interoperability framework," she said. "As we begin our second year of operation, we will continue to give full priority to serving our customer markets through technical products that enable our member companies to offer net-centric capabilities. We also continue to solicit the participation of members from the U.S., Europe, the Asia Pacific region, and other worldwide regions." Leadership positions in the NCOIC are held for a period of one year, after which vice chairmen assume the role of chairmen, and chairmen become chairmen emeriti. The NCOIC consists of three primary councils: executive, technical and business. The NCOIC is in the process of electing Martin's successor as vice chairman of the executive council. The technical council is currently chaired by an IBM representative, co-chaired by a Boeing representative, and the business council is chaired by an Oracle representative and co-chaired by a Sun Microsystems representative. All appointments are made via a general election process. Martin joined Lockheed Martin in 1988 and specializes in networks and network security. She is vice president of Flight Solutions within Lockheed Martin Simulation, Training and Support, which includes aircrew training for the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command, C130 aircrew training, F16, F22 and F15 pilot training, flight simulation systems for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, and the Joint Strike Fighter training system. Previous assignments include vice president of Aerospace Information Operations, responsible for U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Unified Command C2 community programs. Prior to joining Lockheed Martin, she served as an officer in the U.S. Air Force, holding various leadership positions for software-intensive technology and development programs with a focus on computer security and expert decision systems. Martin holds a bachelor of arts degree in computational mathematics from DePauw University and a master of science in computer science from Boston University.