Sue Marlais

Sue Marlais is the chief information officer (CIO) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. In this role, Marlais executes all institutional information technology (IT) efforts, including business application development and support, institutional data center management, networking and telecommunications infrastructure, institutional services, customer service desk, cyber security and engagement with the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Office of the CIO.

Marlais partners with the Lab’s senior management team and functional business customers to understand requirements and deliver IT solutions that enable the mission and operations functions. She works with Livermore Information Technology’s leadership, programs and functional business leaders to identify priorities and develop a technical roadmap that delivers technologies and services to the Laboratory to support a modernized workplace environment.

Most recently, Marlais served as LLNL’s principal deputy CIO since 2011. Previously, she served as the IT manager for Weapons and Complex Integration and the division leader for Computation’s Applications, Simulations and Quality Division. Her education includes a master’s degree in computer science from California State University, Chico.