Lauren Goodwin
Lecturer, M.S. Technology Management
Lauren Goodwin is a technology and digital engineering leader known for her mission-first approach to transformation in highly regulated and mission-critical environments. Her cross-industry portfolio spans energy, financial services, healthcare, defense, and space, where she has consistently delivered secure, scalable innovation grounded in operational reality.
In the energy sector, she pioneered a global center of excellence for data analytics to support autonomous and predictive operations in remote environments, reducing operating expense and safety events while increasing workforce retention. She later served as Vice President of Digital Transformation and Digital Security and Risk Officer, introducing early expertise-identification analytics that elevated her global influence in industrial technology adoption.
Lauren then led cloud security modernization at JP Morgan Chase, embedding secure-by-design architecture and automating security into code. She also served as Chief Technology Officer for Morgan Health, applying responsible AI to expand access and improve quality of care. She went on to serve as a U.S. Federal Senior Executive (SES) as Chief Information Officer for NASA’s Johnson Space Center, advancing secure digital engineering capabilities for human spaceflight to the Moon and Mars.
She is now the founder of Mission Ops, a digital engineering and AI company specializing in secure edge AI for mission-critical environments. Mission Ops designs and deploys systems that operate reliably in harsh and high-stakes settings such as offshore energy platforms, hospital networks, spacecraft, and defense infrastructure. By integrating AI directly at the edge, the company improves safety, accelerates decision-making, and reduces operational cost without adding technical burden.
Lauren holds a Master of Science from Columbia University and a Doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania. Her research focuses on the role of neuroscience and artificial intelligence in expanding learning capabilities in STEM fields.
