By Lauren C. Williams
Apr 28, 2021
President Joe Biden has nominated Heidi Shyu, former assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology, to lead the Defense Department's tech investments as undersecretary for research and engineering.
Shyu chairs the board for manufacturing company Plasan North America, leads her own consulting firm and has held several executive positions at Raytheon.
As the Army's acquisition executive, Shyu worked to streamline the Army's program executive offices, especially around cybersecurity.
"Cyber cuts across every single one of my programs," Shyu previously said. "It's not stove-piped. You don't want … Cyber Command to talk to every single PEO individually – that's just stupid."