James D. Taiclet is a businessperson who has been the head of 7 different companies and presently occupies the position of Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer for Lockheed Martin Corp. and Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer for Lockheed Martin Investment Management Co. and President & CEO at Lockheed Martin Ventures (both are subsidiaries of Lockheed Martin Corp.) and Chairman, President & CEO at American Towers LLC. Mr. Taiclet is also Member-Media Security & Reliability Council at Federal Communications Commission, Member of Council on Foreign Relations, Inc., Member-Executive Board at National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, Inc., Member of The Business Roundtable and Member of Commercial Club of Boston and on the board of 8 other companies.

In the past Mr. Taiclet held the position of Executive Chairman for American Tower Corp., Co-Chairman at US India CEO Forum, President-Honeywell Aerospace Services at Honeywell International, Inc. and President at AlliedSignal, Inc. (a subsidiary of Honeywell International, Inc.), Consultant at McKinsey & Co., Inc., Vice President-Engine Services at The Pratt & Whitney Co., Inc., Officer & Pilot at US Air Force and Member-Digital Communications Governors Community at Forum Mondial de L'Economie.

He received an undergraduate degree from United States Air Force Academy and a graduate degree from Princeton University.