DIGITAL PROCUREMENT Karla Smith Jackson
DIGITAL PROCUREMENT Karla Smith Jackson
TITLE : SENIOR PROCUREMENT EXECUTIVE , DEPUTY CHIEF ACQUISITION OFFICER & ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT AT NASA
COMPANY : THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION ( NASA )
LOCATION : USA
The inside of Orion shows the display of the Callisto payload . Callisto is Lockheed Martin ’ s technology demonstration in collaboration with Amazon and Cisco
Smith Jackson says : “ Acquisition Navigator will show you what a good policy looks like , and give you a template .
“ It is micro-training , so people can access all this information without having to engage anyone . It is a living , breathing thing ; we ’ re constantly adding to it as policies change .”
Even though the project is still in relative infancy , Smith Jackson believes the strategy is making a difference to the way NASA works , and to the culture of innovation it is looking to promote . In a little over six months 50 industry partners have used NAIL
Karla Smith Jackson is Senior Procurement Executive , Deputy Chief Acquisition Officer & Assistant Administrator for the Office of Procurement at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ).
She provides senior executive leadership and oversight of NASA ’ s procurement functions , policy , and initiatives to an acquisition workforce of over 4,000 personnel .
Ms . Jackson serves on the Federal Acquisition Institute Board of Directors and on the Federal Acquisition Regulation Council .
She is one of only three signatory authorities that can execute procurement policies and procedures on behalf of the United States Federal Government .
She represents NASA ’ s enterprise procurement organisation across the Federal Government , industry and international organisations .