Judith Murrah was appointed by the Board of Directors as Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer on June 18, 2025, and was appointed President in December 2024.
Murrah joined Applied DNA in 2013 as Chief Information Officer, and was later promoted to Chief Operating Officer in 2021. In 2017, she was also appointed Secretary of the Company.
Prior to 2013, Ms. Murrah was previously the Senior Director of Information Technology at Motorola Solutions, which had acquired her former firm, Symbol Technologies. Her role at Motorola Solutions included overseeing the global IT program management office, financial and supplier operations and quality assurance. At Symbol Technologies, Ms. Murrah held leadership positions in product line management, global account sales, corporate and marketing communications and IT.
Ms. Murrah holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, and a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Rhode Island. She is an inventor on 14 U.S. patents.
