Ms. Terry Watson was selected Deputy Program Executive Officer (DPEO), Enterprise Information Systems, at Fort Belvoir, Va, in December 2010. In this position, Ms. Watson is responsible for program management of more than 60 Department of Defense and Army acquisition programs across the Business, Warfighting and Enterprise Information Environment Mission Areas. These systems support Army and DoD-wide communications, logistics, medical, finance, personnel, biometrics, training and procurement operations. Ms. Watson’s primary responsibilities are with the core enterprise services, computing infrastructure and communications systems. In addition, Ms. Watson is responsible for five major Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) efforts representing a projected Army investment of $8 billion over their life cycles. The Program Executive Office, Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS) organization consists of approximately 2,600 military, civilian, and contractor staff around the world, and executes approximately $4 billion per year.

Prior to being selected as DPEO, Ms. Watson was Director of PEO EIS’ Program Management Directorate where she was responsible for standardizing PM processes in acquisition planning, financial management and budget execution, documentation and reporting, process improvement, testing and cost/economic analysis. As Director, she also coordinated PEO EIS program activities with Headquarters Department of the Army, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Joint Staff, Congress as well as other agencies and user commands.

Ms. Watson served as a Senior Staff Officer within PMD for five years, as well as serving shortly as the Deputy Director prior to being assigned as the Director of PMD in 2007. She served as the Chief of the Systems Extension and Acceptance Team under the Information Systems Engineering Command from 1996-2002, providing fielding support to PMs within PEO EIS. During that timeframe, she was also detailed as the Deputy Project Manager for Tactical Management Information Systems. Ms. Watson started her career at the U.S. Army Computer Systems Command in 1978, assigned to the Tactical Management Information Systems Project Management Office (TACMIS PMO).

Ms. Watson is a graduate of the Army Automated Data Processing Intern Program in 1981, the Army Management Staff College in 1991, the American Council for Technology/Industry Advisory Council Partner’s Program in 2009, and she is a member of the Army Acquisition Corps with Level III certifications in Program Management and Information Technology. She earned her B.A. in Business Management from National Louis University.