Vivek Kundra

Vivek Kundra was appointed as the first Federal CIO of the United States by President Obama in March 2009. Prior to joining the Obama administration, Kundra served in Mayor Fenty’s cabinet as the CTO for the District of Columbia and Governor Kaine’s cabinet as Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Technology for the Commonwealth of Virginia. He also served as the Director of Infrastructure Technology for Arlington County, Virginia. In the private sector, he has served in leadership roles at Evincible Software, Creostar and SAIC.

Kundra has been recognized by InfoWorld among the top 25 CTO’s in the country and as the 2008 IT Executive of the Year for his pioneering work to drive transparency, engage citizens, and lower the cost of government operations. He has also been named to Government Technology magazine’s Top 25 Doers, Dreamers, and Drivers. Kundra attended college at the University of Maryland where he received a degree in Psychology and a master’s degree in Management Information Systems from the University of Maryland, University College. He is also a graduate of the University of Virginia’s Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership.