Christina Murata, PhD, is a managing director in the defense, security, and justice service line of Deloitte Consulting LLP where she specializes in applying strategy and analytics, technology innovations, and workforce management in the execution of large-scale, complex programs. Dr. Murata, a member of the Senior Executive Service, spent 14 years with the federal government at the Departments of Homeland Security, Defense, and State leading a variety of security-related projects in domestic and international settings. At DHS, she led the development of an innovation and advanced technology portfolio for CBP and served as chief of staff for the DHS Science and Technology Directorate. At the Department of Defense, she built an autonomous system to protect the Pentagon from chemical or biological attack. She worked at the State Department to secure dangerous pathogens and weapons expertise in the former Soviet Union and launched a trans-Atlantic conference series on emerging S&T policy issues.