Chief information officer (CIO),chief digital information officer (CDIO) or information technology (IT) director,is a job title commonly given to the most senior executive in an enterprise who works with information technology and computer systems,in order to support enterprise goals.
A chief technology officer (CTO) is an officer tasked with managing technical operations of an organization. They oversee and supervise research and development and serve as a technical advisor to a higher executive such as a chief executive officer.
The United Kingdom's Strategic Command (StratCom),previously known as Joint Forces Command (JFC),manages allocated joint capabilities from the three armed services.
The Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) was a branch of the Australian Government. It was established on 8 April 2004,taking over some of the functions of the former National Office for the Information Economy (NOIE).
Dr. Dale W. Meyerrose, Major General (Retired) was the first President-appointed,Senate-confirmed Associate Director of National Intelligence/Intelligence Community Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Information Sharing Executive for the Director of National Intelligence (DNI).
Werner Hans Peter Vogels is the chief technology officer and vice president of Amazon in charge of driving technology innovation within the company. Vogels has broad internal and external responsibilities.
Dr Jerry Fishenden has been referred to as "one of the UK’s leading authorities in the world of technology",and appears regularly in a variety of mainstream media. He is also a frequent guest and keynote speaker on the conference circuit,drawing on his background across both private and public sectors.
Vivek Kundra is a former American administrator who served as the first chief information officer of the United States from March,2009 to August,2011 under President Barack Obama. He is currently the chief operating officer at Sprinklr,a provider of enterprise customer experience management software based in NYC. He was previously a visiting Fellow at Harvard University.
The United States Chief Technology Officer is an official in the Office of Science and Technology Policy. The U.S. CTO helps the President and their team harness the power of technology and data to benefit all Americans. The CTO works closely with others both across and outside government on a broad range of work including bringing technology expertise to bear on federal policy and programs,and promoting values-driven technological innovation. The CTO and their team have historically focused on leveraging technology and technical expertise to help create jobs,strengthen privacy protections,harness the benefits and mitigate the risks of artificial intelligence,create paths to improve government services with lower costs,higher quality and increased transparency and accessibility,help upgrade agencies to use open data and expand their data science capabilities,improve quality and reduce the costs of health care and criminal justice,increase access to broadband,bring technical talent into government for policy and modern operations input,improve community innovation engagement by agencies working on local challenges,and help keep the nation secure.
Chris C. Kemp is an American entrepreneur who,along with Dr. Adam London,founded Astra,a space technology firm based in California,in 2016. He served as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View,California,and as NASA's first Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for IT. While at NASA,Kemp partnered with Google and Microsoft and helped in the creation of Google Moon and Mars. He worked with the White House to develop the cloud computing strategy for the United States Federal Government and co-founded OpenStack,an open-source software project for cloud computing. He was also one of the founders of Nebula,a company that from 2011 to 2015,worked to commercialise the technology.
Umar Saif is a Pakistani computer scientist and academic. He is the founder and CEO of aiSight.ai,Chief Digital Officer of the Jang Group and CEO of Khudi Ventures. He served as interim Federal Minister For Science and Technology,as well as Minister of IT from August 2023 to March 2024. He is also serving as an advisor to the United Nations Development Programme in Pakistan.
Vishal Sikka is the founder and CEO of Vianai,former CTO of SAP AG,and former CEO of Infosys. He currently also serves on Oracle's board of directors,the supervisory board of the BMW Group and as an advisor to the Stanford Institute of Human-Centered AI.
The Public Services Network (PSN) is a UK government's high-performance network,which helps public sector organisations work together,reduce duplication and share resources. It unified the provision of network infrastructure across the United Kingdom public sector into an interconnected "network of networks" to increase efficiency and reduce overall public expenditure. It is now a legacy network and public sector organisations are being migrated to using services on the public internet.
The Government Digital Service is a unit of the Government of the United Kingdom's Cabinet Office tasked with transforming the provision of online public services. It was formed in April 2011 to implement the "Digital by Default" strategy proposed by a report produced for the Cabinet Office in 2010 called 'Directgov 2010 and beyond:revolution not evolution'. It is overseen by the Public Expenditure Executive. GDS is primarily based in the Whitechapel Building,London. Its CEO is Tom Read.
The UK Government G-Cloud is an initiative targeted at easing procurement by public-sector bodies in the United Kingdom of commodity information technology services that use cloud computing. The G-Cloud consists of:
Brigadier Michael John Stone is a retired British Army officer,former Director of Information of the British Army and former Chief Information Officer of the Ministry of Defence. Upon retirement from the army,Stone had a successful career in business,including roles as the Global Chair of National Security and Defence at KPMG and Global Managing Director of the Public Sector at IBM. In 2015,Stone made the UKtech50,where he was ranked the 12th most influential person in the UK IT Sector.
Mayank Prakash is a businessman based in the United Kingdom. Computer Weekly magazine described him as "the most influential person in UK IT" in their 2017 awards.
GOV.UK Verify was an identity assurance system developed by the British Government Digital Service (GDS) which was in operation between May 2016 and April 2023. The system was intended to provide a single trusted login across all British government digital services,verifying the user's identity in 15 minutes. It allowed users to choose one of several companies to verify their identity to a standard level of assurance before accessing 22 central government online services.
Stephen Paul Kelly is a British businessman,and the former chief executive officer of Sage Group.
Mike Bracken is a public sector technology leader who was a founder and executive director of the UK Government Digital Service (GDS). Under his leadership,the UK became a world leader in digital government,with the US Digital Service,the Australian Digital Transformation Office and numerous others modelling themselves on GDS,as a founder nation of the Digital 5.
