W. Scott Gould is the Deputy Secretary of the Department of Veteran Affairs. President Obama nominated him, and the Senate confirmed it this past April. Gould serves as the Chief Operating Officer for the Department of Veterans Affairs in this role.

Before beginning his role as Deputy Secretary, Gould served as the Vice President for public sector strategy at IBM Global Business Services. Before IBM, Gould was the Chief Executive Officer of The O’Gara Company, which is a strategic advisory an investment services company. Additionally, Gould was the Chief Operating Officer at Exolve, which is a technology services firm.

Gould is the former Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Administration at the Department of Commerce. He also served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Finance and Management at the Treasury Department.

Gould is U.S Navy Veteran. Gould has also received several awards including the Navy Meritorious Service Metal, the U.S Department of Commerce Medal, and the U.S Department of Treasury Medal. Gould is a graduate of Cornell University. He also attended University of Rochester, where he earned a Masters of Business Administration and Doctor of Education.

Roger Baker is the Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology for the Department of Veterans Affairs. President Obama nominated him for this position and it was confirmed by the Senate this past May. Baker serves as Chief Information Officer for the Department as Assistant Secretary.

Prior to this role, Baker served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Dataline LLC. Before working at Dataline, Baker served as CIO at General Dynamics Information Technology. Additionally, Baker was the general manager and Executive Vice President for the Telecommunications and Information Assurance business unit for CACI International. Baker was also the CIO at the Department of Commerce for four years.

Before his work in the Federal Service, Baker worked as the Chief Operating Officer of BlueGill Technology, as Vice President of Engineering and Operations at VISA International, as well as Vice President of Consulting Services for Verdix Corporation.

Baker is a graduate of University of Michigan. At University of Michigan, he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science, as well as a Masters in Business Administration.

Melissa Hathaway was named the Acting Senior Director for Cyberspace for the National Security and Homeland Security Councils in February 2009. She was placed as head of a 60-day interagency review of the plan for cyber security throughout the government. Just recently Hathaway has returned to the private sector.

Hathaway served as the Senior Advisor to the Director of National Intelligence and Cyber Coordination Executive. She also chaired the National Cyber Study Group and while she was there she contributed to the development of the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative. Additionally, in 2008, Ms. Hathaway was appointed the Director of Joint Interagency Cyber Task Force.

Prior to her work there, Hathaway specialized in cybersecurity strategies with the consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton. She was previously employed by another consulting firm, Evidence Based Research, where she worked on developing models for detection of cocaine movement in the U.S.

Hathaway graduated from American University in Washington D.C. with a Business Administration Degree. She continued her education at the US Armed Forces Staff College and received a special certificate in Information Operations.

Robert Lentz is the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Information and Identity Assurance in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Networks and Information Integration/Chief Information Officer. Lentz is the Chief Information Assurance Officer for the Department of Defense. Additionally, Lentz is the Chairman of the National Space INFOSEC Steering Council, Manager of the DOD IA Steering Council, a member of the Presidential Sub-Committee on National Security Systems, and the IA Domain Owner of the Global Information Grid Enterprise Information Management Mission Area.

Previously, Lentz has served as Chief of the Space and Networks IA Officer, Chief Financial Officer of the NSA IA Directorate, Executive Assistant to the NSA SIGINT Collections and Operations Group and Field Chief of the Finksburg National Public Key Infrastructure/Key Management Infrastructure Operations Center. He has over 26 years with the NSA and has worked in areas of financial management as well as technical program management.

Lentz graduated Saint Mary’s College of Maryland and earned a Bachelor of Science Degree with a double major in History and Political Science. He then continued his education at the National War College and received as Masters Degree in National Security Strategy.  Lentz is also a graduate of the Naval Postgraduate School.In his time at NSA, Lentz has earned the NSA Resource Manager of the Year Award, the 2006 “Top 20″ Excellence.gov Award, the Defense Meritorious Service Award, the 2003 Presidential Rank Award, the 2004 “Federal 100″ award, and the Secretary of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award.

Robert Carey is the sixth chief information officer for the Department of the Navy, as well as the information management/IT workforce community manager and the critical infrastructure assurance officer. He is also an active member of the United States Navy Reserve and  currently holds the rank of commander in the Civil Engineer Corps. Carey was recalled for active duty for Operation Desert Shield/Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Carey started his federal service with the United States Army at Aberdeen Proving Ground in 1982. He began his career in the Department of the Navy in 1985 with the Naval Sea Systems Command. After that, Carey joined the Department of Navy Chief Information Officer staff in 2000 and served as the eBusiness Team Leader until 2003. During this same period, Carey also served as director of the DON Smart Card Office through 2001. In 2003, Carey entered the Senior Executive Service as the Department of Navy deputy chief information officer.

Carey is a graduate of University of South Carolina, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering. He later earned a master’s degree in engineering management from The George Washington University. Carey has received numerous performance awards such as the Department of Navy  Meritorious Civilian Service Award, Superior Civilian Service Award, Distinguished Service Award. He is also a member of the Acquisition Professional Community.

Richard Spires is the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), after being appointed to the position on July 28, 2009. His responsibilities include managing and directing information management support processes by combining the functions of information technology and telecommunications to provide coordinated support strategies for meeting DHS-mission related information needs.

Spires’ experience made him a logical choice for the job. He possesses extensive experience in both the public and private sectors, dealing with information technology and senior-management operations issues. He enjoyed a successful run with the Internal Revenue Service, where he oversaw IT responsibilities as Deputy Commissioner for Operations Support, Chief Information Officer and Associate Chief Information Officer for Business Systems Modernization, respectively.

Prior to his work there, Spires served as the President, Chief Operating Officer, and a Director of Mantas, Inc., a software product vendor. He also spent more than 16 years at SRA International, a system integration company specializing in distributed information systems. He worked his way up from systems and software engineer to Senior Vice President of SRA’s commercial sector.

Spires holds an M.S. in electrical engineering from The George Washington University, a B.S. in electrical engineering and a B.A. in mathematical sciences from the University of Cincinnati.

David Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.P. is the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology for the Department of Health and Human Services, as chosen by the Obama Administration. He’s faced with the task of leading the implementation of a nationwide interoperable, privacy-protected health information technology infrastructure as called for in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which includes a $19.5 billion investment in health information technology to save money, improve quality of care for patients, and make the country’s health care system more efficient.

Prior to this post, Blumenthal served as a physician and director of the Institute for Health Policy at The Massachusetts General Hospital/Partners HealthCare System in Boston.  Additionally, he was Samuel O. Thier Professor of Medicine and Professor of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School. He also served as director of the Harvard University Interfaculty Program for Health Systems Improvement. And prior to that, he was senior vice president at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital and served as executive director of the Center for Health Policy and Management and as a lecturer on Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Blumenthal also worked on Senator Edward Kennedy’s Senate Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research in the 1970s. More recently, he served as a senior health adviser to the Obama for America campaign.  He has extensively researched the dissemination of health information technology, quality management in health care, the determinants of physician behavior, access to health services, and the extent and consequences of academic-industrial relationships in the health sciences.

Linda Cureton is chief information officer for NASA, a position she has held since late September of 2009. In her role, Cureton is charged with providing the requisite leadership to achieve mission enabling, integrated, secure, and efficient IT capabilities and services at NASA. She also ensures agency’s information resource management strategy is in alignment with NASA’s vision, mission and strategic goals. Accordingly, Cureton oversees the development of integrated IRM strategies, including standards, policies, NASA Enterprise Architecture, IT security, management and operations. With her title comes the responsibility, authority, and accountability for ensuring that NASA’s information assets are selected, controlled, and evaluated consistent with federal policies, procedures, and legislation.

Cureton was with NASA before being appointed CIO. She previously served as the director of the IT and Communications Directorate and the CIO of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). Before that, she was deputy assistant director for the Office of Science and Technology and deputy CIO at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, where she was responsible for providing leadership in the innovative and efficient application of science and technology used to collect, clarify, and communicate information needed to reduce violent crime, collect revenue and protect the public. As the ATF deputy CIO, she was responsible for ensuring that the use of IT for the bureau’s mission and business requirements fulfilled customer and stakeholder needs.

Her impressive leadership experience also extends to positions she has held in the Department of Energy, where she served in many roles, including acting CIO.

Cureton earned a bachelor’s degree from Howard University in 1980, graduating magna cum laude with a major in mathematics and a minor in Latin. She also received a master’s degree in applied mathematics from Johns Hopkins University in 1994, and a post-master’s advanced certificate in applied mathematics from Johns Hopkins University in 1996.