Lisa Roger, CIO at Dewberry

Lisa Roger has been serving as the chief information officer at professional services provider Dewberry since August 2018.

Roger, a Potomac Officers Club member, leads all facets of the organization’s information technology operations, including assessment and planning, reorganization and integration, project and data center management, process improvement and cybersecurity, the company said. 

She brings in nearly 30 years of IT management experience to the 65-year-old consulting services company with around 2,000 employees and with offices in 50 locations nationwide. 

Roger reports directly to the board of directors and to CEO Donald Stone Jr., who believes she will continue to enhance the company’s IT operations. He adds that she has been making major changes to the business and sharing her expertise to support areas vital to the client base. 

Before joining Dewberry, she served as CIO and executive vice president at Michael Baker International, an engineering service company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She directed in restructuring the information system to sustain the workforce’s IT needs. 

Previously, Roger assumed the role of vice president for the technology solutions division at IT service provider SC3, an MBI subsidiary headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia. One of her responsibilities was the establishment of the company’s cybersecurity capabilities. 

She started her IT career at SAIC and served in positions of increasing responsibility. Throughout her 12-year tenure at the company, her roles included program manager, deputy division manager, assistant vice president for language services division, vice president for federal information technology solutions division and senior vice president for cyber services division.  

She also served as VP of commercial cyber services at Leidos from 2013 until 2016.

Roger earned her bachelor's degree in management information systems from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a master’s degree in business administration from George Mason University.