Olivia Thompson is Executive Director at OAPPS, a software engineering firm. Thompson has an exemplary body of work spanning three decades, with leadership and technology operations roles at Global Hyatt Hotels, Kraft, and Deloitte. She has led successful multi-year network access control projects from design through implementation and operations and authored comprehensive documentation to ensure security monitoring capabilities that track system config file changes, unapproved business traffic and user access. A Chicago native who boasts its unmatched culinary, theatrical, and architectural elements, Thompson applies her professional expertise to develop technology to bridge the educational, knowledge capital and wealth equity gaps still prevalent in underrepresented communities. Olivia loves to run, read, drive (very fast) sports cars, cook and listen to music. Olivia joined Nike as a Principal Information Security Engineering Consultant in 2021.

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