NEW BRITAIN, Conn.,
Nov. 9, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Stanley Black & Decker
(NYSE: SWK) has named Dr. Mark
Maybury to the newly created position of Chief Technology
Officer. Maybury joins the organization from The MITRE Corporation,
where he held a variety of strategic technology leadership roles
over 27 years. At Stanley Black & Decker, Maybury will form a
small, agile team to work across the company's businesses and
functions to advise and counsel management on technological threats
and opportunities, as well as provide access to all elements of the
global technology ecosystem.
"Mark is a well-known and highly respected technology leader
with an impressive wealth of knowledge and expertise critical to
our technological journey," said Stanley Black & Decker's
President and CEO Jim Loree. "Our
aspiration is to become known as one of the world's leading
innovators, and we believe this is a key component of our strategy
to achieve the 22/22 vision. As the pace of change continues to
accelerate across the continuum of technologies, we are staffing
our team with the right talent to navigate the changing world."
Maybury most recently served as Vice President of Intelligence
Portfolios and prior to that was MITRE's Vice President and Chief
Security Officer and Director of the National Cybersecurity
Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC). Before
joining MITRE, Maybury served as a U.S. Air Force officer. He later
returned to the Air Force as Chief Scientist from 2010 to 2013
where he advised the Chief of Staff and Secretary of the Air Force
on a wide range of scientific and technical issues.
He is currently a member of the Defense Science Board and
recently completed multiple years of service on the Air Force
Scientific Advisory Board and the Homeland Security Science and
Technology Advisory committee. He is a fellow in both the IEEE and
the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence.
Maybury is widely published, having authored or edited 10 books and
more than 60 publications.
Maybury earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from
College of the Holy Cross (Fenwick
Scholar, valedictorian), a master's degree in computer speech and
language processing from Cambridge
University, England (Rotary
Scholar), a master's degree in business administration from
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and a
doctoral degree in artificial intelligence also from Cambridge University.
About Stanley Black & Decker
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500 company, is the world's leading provider of tools and storage,
the world's second-largest commercial electronic security company,
and a leading engineered fastening systems provider, with unique
growth platforms in the Oil & Gas and Infrastructure
industries. Well-known brands include: STANLEY, CRAFTSMAN,
BLACK+DECKER, DEWALT, IRWIN, Lenox, Porter-Cable, Bostitch,
Facom, Mac Tools, Proto, Vidmar, Lista, and more. Learn more
at www.stanleyblackanddecker.com.
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