Dr. Linda Jones

 Acting Project Manager, PM Defensive Cyber Operations

U.S. Department of the Army

Dr. Linda Jones was named as the Deputy Project Manager, Defensive Cyber Operations, in March 2024. Dr. Jones has a long history of key assignments throughout the Army’s Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Services (PEO EIS). Before becoming the acting Deputy Project Manager, she served as the Deputy Product Manager at Cyber Analytics Detection (CAD), she was acting Operations Chief at Product Manager, Army Data and Analytics Platform (ARDAP), where she was responsible for the overall planning, direction, execution, evaluation, and success of day-to-day operations. Before her work at ARDAP, Dr.
Jones served as the Assistant Product Manager at CAD. In this role, she was responsible for satisfying the cost, schedule, and performance requirements for two major programs: Cyber Analytics, which manages the Army’s Big Data
Platform, and User Activity Monitoring. She oversaw all aspects of the programs including acquisitions, development, testing, systems security, and integration, as well as fielding and sustainment.
In 2016, Dr. Jones was a Project Management Specialist at PEO EIS’s Installation Information Infrastructure Modernization Program (I3MP) where she designed, developed, implemented, and provided oversight and management of the Schedule Management Program. She also served as I3MP’s Integrated Master Schedule Team Lead and Risk Manager. In this role, she led the effort to build the MS Project Server and SharePoint interface capability that serves as an authoritative tool for collecting, storing, compiling, integrating, and reporting cost, schedule, and performance data. Additionally, she managed and refined the MS Project Server and SharePoint interface to support the program office’s oversight requirements.
Before coming to PEO, Dr. Jones was Deputy Program Manager at IPKeys, a critical partner for PEO EIS programs. In this role, Dr. Jones provided oversight of the Defense Logistics Agency support team and worked closely with Program Manager to ensure operational efficiency and success. Earlier in her career, Dr. Jones was a Master Scheduler/Team Lead/Acquisition/Program Analyst at Engility Corp and a Program Analyst at Jacobs Technologies.
Dr. Jones has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management from Virginia Wesleyan College, a Master of Arts in Management from Regent University, and a Doctorate in Education from Walden University. She currently holds certifications in Security +, Information Technology Infrastructure Library, Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), and Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act Level II Program Management. She is also a Certified Scrum Master and Project Management Professional.

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