Leidos Elevates Trish Eknes to VP, Deputy Operations Manager for Enterprise & Cyber Portfolio

Trish Eknes, former vice president of the Leidos Partnership for Defense Health, has transitioned to a new role as VP and deputy operations manager of enterprise and cyber solutions portfolio at the Reston, Virginia-based government contractor, Forum reported Wednesday.

She oversees efforts to deliver information technology and cyber services to the defense sector.

In her prior capacity, Eknes led Leidos’ collaboration with three other companies to help the Department of Defense deploy a military electronic health records system under the approximately $4.3 billion DOD Healthcare Management System Modernization program.

Eknes joined Leidos through its August 2016 merger with the information systems and global solutions segment of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT).

While at Lockheed, she managed programs for various customers such as the U.S. Army, the Air Force, Department of Homeland Security and the General Services Administration.

She worked as a consultant for KPMG earlier in her career.