The Government CIO 50
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InformationWeek’s first-ever analysis of top CIOs in federal, state, and local government, and how they’re embracing new expectations.
The job of government CIO hasn’t gotten easier, but it’s certainly grown more interesting. CIOs at federal agencies are under pressure to adopt new technologies, deliver on the promise of “open government,” and shed outdated procurement practices. At the state and local level, the pressures are much the same; the resources, often less.
How are CIOs managing these challenges? InformationWeek and our recently launched InformationWeek Government set out to identify top technology leaders at all levels of government who are embracing and responding to these new expectations. Our top 50 is a Who’s Who of government IT influencers from San Francisco to Washington.
One of the things that sets government IT apart from most corporate IT departments is sheer scale. It’s one of the first things that federal CIO Vivek Kundra points to when he talks about the task at hand. Federal agencies spend a combined $76 billion annually and manage more than 10,000 systems, in support of 1.9 million employees and 300 million “customers.”
Kundra is challenging his peers to manage all of that more effectively, efficiently, and securely, while exposing data feeds in the interest of government transparency. He wants federal CIOs to concentrate less on infrastructure and more on “unlocking value.” To do so requires fresh approaches—cloud computing, social media, development competitions, bite-size IT projects.
CIOs in many government offices are responding. Our list includes IT leaders from the Department of Defense, NASA, the intelligence community, and civilian agencies, in addition to cities and states. There are a handful of non-CIO titles here, too—executives such as Jeffrey Zients, the Office of Management and Budget’s chief performance officer, whose responsibilities are joined at the hip with those of federal CIO Kundra and federal CTO Aneesh Chopra.
Some of these CIOs you’ll recognize; others keep a low profile. All have their work cut out for them.
Table of Contents
- 3 Introduction
- 4 The Government CIO 50 Listing
- 5 Lonny Anderson
- 5 Franklin Baitman
- 6 Roger Baker
- 7 Sonny Bhagowalia
- 7 David Blumenthal
- 8 Charles Boucher
- 9 Dave Bowen
- 9 Robert Carey
- 10 Michael Carleton
- 11 Aneesh Chopra
- 11 Brook Colangelo
- 12 Casey Coleman
- 13 Paul Cosgrave
- 14 Linda Cureton
- 14 Cybersecurity Coordinator
- 15 Michael Duffy
- 16 Stephen Fletcher
- 17 Chad Fulgham
- 17 Emma Garrison-Alexander
- 18 Priscilla Guthrie
- 19 Danny Harris
- 19 Vance Hitch
- 20 Jerry Johnson
- 21 Chris Kemp
- 21 Gopal Khanna
- 22 Vivek Kundra
- 23 William Lord
- 23 Melodie Mayberry-Stewart
- 24 Martha Morphy
- 25 Beth Noveck
- 25 Edward O’Hare
- 26 Troy Pearsall
- 27 Ross Philo
- 27 Nitin Pradhan
- 28 Tom Pyke
- 28 Grant Schneider
- 29 Jim Seligman
- 30 Jeffrey Sorenson
- 31 Ann Speyer
- 31 Richard Spires
- 32 Bobbie Stempfley
- 33 Lemuel Stewart
- 33 Susan Swart
- 34 Teri Takai
- 35 Al Tarasiuk
- 35 Ken Theis
- 36 Chris Vein
- 37 David Wennergren
- 37 Chris Willey
- 38 Jeffrey Zients
About the Authors
John Foley began his career as a technology journalist inside the Washington beltway, covering the breakup of AT&T and the deregulation of the telecom industry. Since joining InformationWeek, he has written or managed many stories on IT implementation by local, state, and federal agencies and governments. In the mid-90's, Foley reported on efforts by the U.S. Coast Guard and other federal agencies to deploy Microsoft's Windows operating system while complying with open systems requirements. He also led InformationWeek's coverage of government adoption of data warehousing technologies and, following 9/11, efforts to increase data sharing and collaboration among intelligence and other agencies. More recently, he has followed and reported on the growing use of Web 2.0 tools in government, including NASA's experimentation with social networking, and the heightened interest among government IT professionals in cloud computing services. With the launch of InformationWeek Government, Foley is the editorial team leader for InformationWeek's expanded coverage of technologies and strategies for CIOs and IT professionals in the government sector.
Nick's been a technology scribe for InformationWeek since 2005, variously writing about networking, Microsoft, collaboration and cloud computing before moving into the government beat in 2009. Prior to joining InformationWeek, Nick was a graduate student in journalism at American University, where he was a general assignment intern for the Washington Examiner and news editor of an online magazine at American. He found his reporting itch after blogging about the Iraq War in 2003. He lives in Baltimore, where he trades an occasional hour-long train ride to the nation's capitol for lower rent than if he lived in D.C.
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