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So Far, Little Impact On SAIC From Pandemic, Keene Says

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, March 26th, 2020

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So Far, Little Impact On SAIC From Pandemic, Keene Says

SAIC CEO Nazzic Keene. Photo: SAIC

The spreading global pandemic so far has had “minimal impact” on the operations of Science Applications International Corp. [SAIC] due to the company’s readiness plans as well as the nature of its government work, Nazzic Keene, SAIC’s CEO, said Thursday evening. “Due to the nature of our business, we have seen minimal impact to our operations to date and have proactively developed readiness plans should disruptions increase,” Keene said during her scripted remarks discussing SAIC’s fourth quarter financial results that…

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