The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has appointed IT leader Doug Cossa as the intelligence community chief information officer.
Cossa announced his promotion at ODNI in a LinkedIn post.
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Doug Cossa’s Career Background
Cossa most recently served as acting IC CIO and primary IT adviser to the director of national intelligence. In this capacity, he managed the acquisition and performance of technology programs and directed the community’s information security policies and practices for national security systems.
He also served as CIO at the Defense Intelligence Agency, where he oversaw the delivery of IT services to the agency and managed the Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System.
Before DIA, he held several leadership positions at ODNI, including director of mission integration division and chief of priorities and assessments.
Cossa previously worked at SAIC as senior program manager for overseas operations of the National Media Exploitation Center.
The James Madison University graduate additionally has a master’s degree in systems engineering from the Johns Hopkins University.
