As Vice President of Forum Operations at The Open Group, Ms. Cerenzia is responsible for the day-to-day operations of all Forums, Work Groups, and Consortia, including providing the people, processes, and tools to ensure consistent and quality delivery of standards and work products that are developed, reviewed, approved, and published according to The Open Group Standards Process.
She previously served as the Director of The Open Group FACE™ (Future Airborne Capability Environment) Consortium, provided program management and facilitation support to an aviation focused professional group made up of government customers, industry suppliers, customers and users. The FACE Consortium has created and continues to evolve a technologically appropriate open FACE architecture, standards, business model and certification program, resulting in an ecosystem that enables interoperability and portability of applications across multiple aviation platforms.
Judy began her career as a Research Engineer for Penn State’s Applied Research Lab, where she coordinated multiple, large projects for weapon technology development, leading cross-functional and cross-organizational teams to reach consensus, define, and meet business and technical goals during project lifecycles. She is TOGAF® certified, and holds a BS in Mathematics and MS in Acoustics from Penn State University. She and her husband enjoy walking the beaches, sea kayaking, and cycling at their home in Sarasota, FL.