General Motors recently announced that Vice Admiral Jan Tighe – a former U.S. Navy Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare and Director of Naval Intelligence – has been recommended by the GM Board of Directors to stand for election.
Set to take place at The General’s annual shareholder meeting on June 20th, 2023, Tighe has spent more than 34 years working with the U.S. Navy and National Security Agency as a cryptologist before retiring in 2018. Over the course of her career, Tighe served as Fleet Commander of the U.S. Fleet Cyber Command, U.S. 10th Fleet, U.S. Cyber Command deputy director of operations, and president of the Naval Postgraduate School.
“GM’s future will be driven by a software-first approach that enables a faster cycle of innovation, an elevated experience for our customers and a more efficient enterprise,” GM Chair and CEO Mary Barra was quoted as saying. “Vice Admiral Tighe’s vast expertise in cybersecurity and information systems will be invaluable as GM scales EVs, AVs, and software-defined vehicles to deliver our vision of a world with zero crashes, zero emissions and zero congestion.”
Tighe also serves on the boards of the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Huntsman Corporation, IronNet Inc., and The Progressive Corporation.
“I couldn’t be more excited to join GM’s Board during this momentous time,” Tighe was quoted as saying. “GM’s transformation – enabled by EVs, AVs and software-defined vehicles – is historic, as is the pace at which the company is executing its future.”
This development comes on the heels of the retirement of Carol Stephenson, who will not be standing for reelection. Assuming that each nominee is elected at the shareholder meeting, the GM Board of Directors will have 13 directors with experience in manufacturing, digital commerce, retail, higher education, investment management, international affairs, defense, transportation, and information technology and cybersecurity.
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Looks like a good choice. Bad actor cyber warfare is the huge new in thing. Lots of ransoms being paid to hackers. Driving FBI nuts. 21 year old sharing Top Secret DOD info. Colonial Pipeline ransom. Dark web creating havoc. Wireless shananigans. New changed world. No wonder L3 Harris is busy. Best wishes and good luck.