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Chief Information Officer
Company NameUS Department of Homeland Security
Dates EmployedAug 2009 – May 2013
Employment Duration3 yrs 10 mos
Richard A. Spires was appointed in August 2009 to serve as the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Chief Information Officer (CIO). In this capacity, Mr. Spires was responsible for the department’s $5.6 billion investment in Information Technology (IT). He led and facilitated development, implementation, and maintenance of the department’s IT architecture. Mr. Spires was the chairman of the DHS Chief Information Officer Council and the Enterprise Architecture Board. He strongly supports the Secretary’s goal of unifying and maturing DHS – one DHS, one enterprise, a shared vision, with integrated results-based operations.
Mr. Spires also served as the Vice Chair of the Federal CIO Council and as the Co-Chair of the Committee for National Security Systems (CNSS). He previously co-chaired the Federal Data Center Consolidation Task Force and the Federal CIO Council Best Practices Committee. See less |