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Kevin Neifert is chief information officer for Thales North America. Previously he was the CIO of Raytheon, where he spent 14 years in a variety of information technology, engineering and program management roles. He also spent 20 years at The Boeing Company where he worked in space programs in a number of engineering, program management and manufacturing positions. Neifert has Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from UC Berkeley.