Maura Sullivan

Maura Sullivan is currently a Managing Director at Applied Materials, the global leader in semicondutor equipment. Prior to that, she was the co-founder and COO of Fathom5, developing secure analytics for industrial applications. She previously was the Chief of Strategy and Innovation at the US Department of the Navy, where she was responsible for defining the future of the Navy enterprise and developing the innovation, workforce, and information strategy to accelerate the adoption of emerging technologies, including AI, additive manufacturing, and augmented reality.

Maura started her career at the global catastrophe risk company, RMS, leading the development of models and software for managing complex systemic risks in life and health markets. She specialized in quantifying the financial impact of excess mortality from catastrophic events, such as pandemics, terrorism and natural catastrophes and step changes in longevity.

Maura is active in community activities related to emergency and disaster response. She advised institutions on resilience and facility-level risk during the COVID-19 pandemic and is a canine search and rescue handler specializing in wilderness rescue. She was a White House Fellow, has a Ph.D. in epidemiology from Emory University, and a B.S and M.S. in earth systems from Stanford University focused in energy engineering and climate modeling.