Catherine Ortiz serves as a principal analyst at Analytic Services, Inc. (ANSER), supporting the Department of Defense Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS) program within the Office of Industrial Base Policy. In this position, she serves as the outreach lead for the National Imperative for Industrial Skills, an initiative that invests in workforce development projects to ensure the defense industrial base has the skilled people to support defense priorities. Since 1995, Ms. Ortiz has led Defined Business Solutions, LLC (DBS), a small consulting company that works with government programs and industry to ensure the integrity of the microelectronics components used in weapons and national security systems. Over the past five years, Ms. Ortiz has led government-industry working groups to develop solutions for critical challenges with supply chain security, trusted and assured microelectronics supply, and cybersecurity for manufacturing networks.