Shantrell Collier shared on LinkedIn Sunday that she has been named deputy chief information officer at the U.S. Department of Justice.
Who Is Shantrell Collier?
Collier is a retired sergeant major of the U.S. Army who joined the Justice Department in 2022 as the chief of staff to the assistant attorney general of administration. She mainly served as a principal managerial and technical advisor for the Justice Management Division’s programs and services.
She previously served in various CIO roles for the Office of Marine and Aviation Operations in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, where she managed the technology and cyber operations and maintenance budget for multiple geographical facilities, research ships, aircraft and uncrewed systems.
The DOJ executive briefly worked as the deputy chief of the information technology systems management division at the Office of Science and Technology under the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. She was also the acting deputy director of the Service Delivery Staff of the Office of the CIO.
Collier was the project lead for email and collaboration services, where she oversaw the DOJ’s transition to Microsoft 365 and migration of 120,000 email accounts to the cloud. She also held the roles of management and program analyst and assistant director of customer support services.
Before joining the Justice Department, Collier served in the Army for 22 years. Among her responsibilities was leading the Second Information Operations Battalion, which was tasked with training and employing offensive cyber operations teams.
Furthermore, Collier served as a vice presidential and First Lady communications officer at the White House Communications Agency.
