Chief signal officers and their successors
Chief signal officers (1860–1964) [8] [9]
Chiefs of communications-electronics (1964–1967)
Assistant chiefs of staff for communications-electronics (1967–1974)
- Maj. Gen. Walter E. Lotz, Jr. 1967–1968
- Maj. Gen. George E. Pickett 1968–1972
- Lt. Gen. Thomas Rienzi 1972–1974
Directors of telecommunications and command and control (1974–1978) (a directorate of ODCSOPS)
- Lt. Gen. Thomas Rienzi 1974–1977
- Lt. Gen. Charles R. Myer 1977–1978
Assistant chiefs of staff for automation and communications (1978–1981)
Assistant deputy chiefs of staff for operations and plans (command, control, communications, and computers) (1981–1984)
- Maj. Gen. Clay T. Buckingham 1981–1982
- Maj. Gen. James M. Rockwell 1982–1984
Assistant chiefs of staff for information management (1984–1987)
Directors of information systems for command, control, communications, and computers
- Lt. Gen. Thurman D. Rodgers 1987–1988
- Lt. Gen. Bruce R. Harris 1988–1990
- Lt. Gen. Jerome B. Hilmes 1990–1992
- Lt. Gen. Peter A. Kind 1992–1994
- Lt. Gen. Otto J. Guenther 1995–1997
- Lt. Gen. William H. Campbell
Chief Information Officer, Military Deputy to the Army Acquisition Executive, and Director of Information Systems for Command, Control, Communications and Computers
- Lt. Gen. William H. Campbell 1997–2000 [10]
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