Federal CIO Pledged to Decreasing Cost of Government Operations
Appointed by President Obama as the first Federal CIO in the land, Vivek Kundra is hoping to revolutionize Information Technology in the public sector. His prior efforts in Information Technology made him acknowledgment from InfoWorld as the 2008 IT Executive of the Year and he was recently named Chief of the Year by Information Week. With earlier know how as CTO for Washington, D.C., Vivek Kundra has the know how to conform to the IT challenges that he now has before him.
Vivek Kundra is responsible for organizing IT operations across government authorities. In accomplishing his duties, he sees value in the Federal government embracing cloud computing. Cloud computing involves the role of hundreds of thousands of computers to store information online. This means not using devoted and expensive physical servers. As an example of his attempts in this area, he transformed an entire office to Google documents for spreadsheets, word processing and email while working for Washington, D.C..
Born in Delhi, India, Vivek Kundra arrived in Gaithersburg, Maryland when he was 11 years old. His college years saw him going to the University of Maryland. Upon majoring in Psychology and earning his Masters from Maryland in Information Technology, he moved to hold diverse positions. He held various leadership posts in the private sector and executed consulting work with SAIC. He also functioned as IT Director for Arlington County, Virginia and Assistant Secretary of Trade and Commerce in Governor Tim Kaine’s cabinet.
From cloud computing initiatives to holding government contractors accountable for the services they provide, Vivek Kundra works to make informed use of the IT budget he controls. He knows that making the right Information Technology choices that adopt new mediums and technological advances lend to effective operations in government agencies. His goal is an Information Technology infrastructure that operates within budget parameters, while delivering fantastic value to U. S. citizens.
