Marks, Judy F.

From Lehigh Engineering Heritage Initiative

**Judy F. Marks**
Judy Marks, alumna
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Degree:	BS electrical engineering
Graduation:	1984
Notable Achievement:	President of Lockheed Martin's TSS business unit

Judy F. Marks '84 is president of Lockheed Martin’s Transportation and Security Solutions (TSS) business unit, headquartered in Rockville, MD. Marks had served as president of Lockheed Martin Distribution Technologies line of business in Owego, NY, since March 2001, and, most immediately, as executive vice president of LM TSS.

After receiving her bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Lehigh University, Marks started her career with IBM in 1984 as a systems engineer. She rapidly advanced into management, serving in a variety of positions including engineering management, program management, business development, and marketing positions before her appointment as Distribution Technologies president in 2001. At Distribution Technologies, Marks was instrumental in positioning Lockheed Martin as one of the world’s leading suppliers of automation and recognition systems for national postal providers such as the U.S. Postal Service and the United Kingdom’s Royal Mail.

Lockheed Martin Transportation and Security Solutions specializes in advanced aviation management, security and other mission-critical information technology solutions. Areas of focus include air traffic management; airport, physical and border security; and civil agency efforts involving advanced systems for managing sensitive information, such as census data capture, electronic records archiving, and mission infrastructure programs. TSS employs approximately 2,300 people at its headquarters in Rockville, MD, and major facilities in the Washington Metropolitan Area, Atlantic City, NJ, Eagan, MN, Orlando, FL, New York, NY, and the United Kingdom.

As an undergraduate at Lehigh, Marks was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta, SWE, Forum XIV, and the Gryphon Society.