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Meet Netta

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Netta Adams

Netta Adams never planned on working in the space industry. But that’s what happens when you work at Deloitte—opportunities arise, doors open. As an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) engineer, she’s a satellite in her own right; one of just thousands in the entire world, and the only one here at Deloitte. Meet the woman behind Silent Shield, a cyber intrusion detection system aboard our first satellite, Deloitte-1.

Netta Adams, a Lead Architect at Deloitte, is pictured as a child, posing with her dad as she wears a graduation cap and gown.

“I was always around computers and technology and that left a mark on me.”

Netta inspects a circuit board closely.

“FPGA engineers, there’s not many of us in the world.

A satellite animates in the background, passing underneath the photos in a sky of stars.
Deloitte’s satellite Deloitte-1 launches into space, our first satellite in orbit.

"Satellites are baked into our everyday life, and FPGAs are heavily used in satellites.”

Netta talks with a colleague in the Deloitte Rosslyn office.
A circuit board sits on a conference room table, ready for Netta to get to work.
A circuit board sits on a conference room table, ready for Netta to get to work.

“This is a computer, attached to an FPGA, and that FPGA does a thing. That’s when I realized I could participate in this industry.”

“To be able to pave the way, to tread new ground, has been one of the highlights of my career.”

Netta looks up wistfully at the night sky, just outside the Deloitte office.

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