John Patrick O’Donnell, former data scientist at the U.S. Air Force, announced in a LinkedIn post his appointment as chief data officer for the service branch’s intelligence community.
In his new role, he will also serve as the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data portfolio manager for the Air Force chief information office. according to his LinkedIn profile.
O’Donnell’s Career
O’Donnell served in his former position as a data scientist for over two years in the human-machine co-learning section of the 711th Human Performance Wing of the Air Force Research Laboratory. He joined the service in 2020, concurrently as a master’s student at the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology, where he obtained an MS degree in operations research in 2022.
Before joining the service, O’Donnell underwent more than two years’ training at the Air Force ROTC in Charlotte, North Carolina, where cadet wing recruiting officer was his last post. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a degree in bachelor of science in mathematics.
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