Kayla Tatum

Kayla Tatum, MBA, is a Senior Engineering Manager and Director of Research & Development for Threat Intelligence at Dragos, Inc. since November 2021. Previously, Kayla held various positions at Lockheed Martin from August 2016 to October 2021, including Software Engineering Manager and President of the Military/Veterans Business Resource Group. Kayla's earlier experience includes serving in the United States Air Force as a Mandarin Chinese Cryptologic Linguist/Cyber Intel Analyst from 2012 to 2016 and consulting in the Middle East and East Asia for the Leadership Development Institute. Kayla earned an MBA in Cybersecurity from The University of Texas at Austin, an AAS in Mandarin Chinese from the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, and a BS in Pre-Medicine from East Texas Baptist University.