Natalie Parisse is the new CEO of Deed Industries and the niece of the company's deceased founder, Marco Deed. She took over as permanent CEO after Marco Deed’s hand-picked successor failed to manage the board. A standout in collegiate athletics, she chose an engineering career and worked her way up from intern to head of ship creation at Deed Industries, where she oversaw creation of the "Man-o-War" line of massive battleships.