FOUNDER & CHIEF EXECUTIVE
NASA CIO · 2009–2013
FORMER FEDERAL CIO-LED LEADERSHIP
Dr. Linda Cureton
FOUNDER & CEO · FORMER NASA CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
She ran technology for the agency that put humans in space. Now she brings that same engineering discipline to federal missions on the ground.
1st African-American CIO at NASA
NASA CIO · 2009–2013
Founded Muse · 2013
THE STORY
From the C-suite at NASA to founding Muse.
Dr. Linda Cureton spent her career inside the federal government’s most demanding technology environments — and rose to become Chief Information Officer of NASA, the first African-American to hold the role.
At NASA, she led enterprise IT for an agency whose missions leave no room for error. She learned that the hardest part of transformation is rarely the technology. It is the leadership and the discipline to see it through.
In 2013, she founded Muse Technologies on that conviction: meaningful change takes two things in equal measure — visionary leadership and disciplined execution. One without the other stalls.
Today Muse brings that same standard to agencies across government — consulting first, IT second — turning strategy into measurable results.
MEASURABLE RESULTS
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Duty
We own the mission and the outcome — not just the deliverable.
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Service
We put the agency’s goals ahead of our own.
03
Inspiration
We bring imagination to the problems others call impossible.
FOUNDER’S PHILOSOPHY
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Big agencies are ocean liners — powerful, but slow to turn. They need the tugboats and the tenders — the nimble small businesses — to move them through the tight channels where the real work gets done.
Dr. Linda Cureton
FOUNDER & CEO · FORMER NASA CIO
THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
A former NASA CIO who writes like a thinker.
PERSPECTIVE
Insights from Muse.
2013
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LEADERSHIP
Five Steps to Becoming a Trailblazer
2022
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IT STRATEGY
Five Things That Scare a CIO
2022
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SECURITY
Putting a Secure IT Strategy in Place
2013
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IN HER WORDS
Hear from Linda.
FIRM CREDENTIALS
Disciplined execution within a certified quality framework.
Muse operates under ISO 9001:2015, certified by NQA — with documented NARA records-management and UFMS implementation expertise. Senior judgment, held to a measurable standard.
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EDWOSB
WOSB
ISO 9001
GSA MAS
STARS III
WORK WITH MUSE
Bring NASA-grade leadership to your mission.
Request a consultation with Dr. Cureton’s team, or download the capability statement.