Stanley Black & Decker names first Chief Technical Officer

Stanley Black & Decker has appointed Mark Maybury to the newly created position of chief technology officer.

Maybury joins the organization from The Mitre Corporation, where he held a variety of technology leadership roles for 27 years. In his new role with Stanley Black & Decker, Maybury will form a team to work across the company's businesses and functions to advise management on technological threats and opportunities, as well as provide access to all elements of the global technology ecosystem, the company said.

Stanley Black & Decker has appointed Mark Maybury to the newly created position of chief technology officer.

Maybury joins the organization from The Mitre Corporation, where he held a variety of technology leadership roles for 27 years. In his new role with Stanley Black & Decker, Maybury will form a team to work across the company's businesses and functions to advise management on technological threats and opportunities, as well as provide access to all elements of the global technology ecosystem, the company said.

"Mark is a well-known and highly respected technology leader with an impressive wealth of knowledge and expertise critical to our technological journey," Jim Loree, Stanley Black & Decker president and CEO, said in a statement issued by the New Britain, Conn.-based company. "Our aspiration is to become known as one of the world's leading innovators, and we believe this is a key component of our strategy to achieve the 22/22 vision. As the pace of change continues to accelerate across the continuum of technologies, we are staffing our team with the right talent to navigate the changing world."

Maybury most recently served as vice president of intelligence portfolios and prior to that was Mitre's vice president and chief security officer. He also served as director of the National Cybersecurity Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC). Before joining MITRE, Maybury served as a U.S. Air Force officer. He later returned to the Air Force as chief scientist from 2010 to 2013 where he advised the Chief of Staff and Secretary of the Air Force on a wide range of scientific and technical issues.

He is currently a member of the Defense Science Board and recently completed multiple years of service on the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board and the Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory committee. He is a fellow in both the IEEE and the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. Maybury has authored or edited 10 books and more than 60 publications.