Jamita Machen

Jamita Barnett-Machen, MBA, serves as the President & CEO of The Software Vault, LLC since June 2011 and is the Founder of STEMulation Foundation established in December 2017. Jamita held the position of President for the Arlington Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. from July 2014 to June 2018. Prior experience includes roles as Program Level Senior Solutions Architect at Southwest Airlines and Principal Application Architect at American Airlines, alongside various positions in IT and software engineering at companies such as Handango, Securus Technology, Masergy Communications, IBM, and Click Commerce. Jamita's educational background includes a B.S. in Computer Science from Texas A&M University, an MBA with a focus on Project Management from The University of Texas at Dallas, an M.S. in Computer Science from DePaul University, and ongoing doctoral studies in Software Engineering at Southern Methodist University.