Brian Bulatao

Brian Bulatao
15th Under Secretary of State for Management
In office
May 17, 2019 – January 20, 2021
PresidentDonald Trump
SecretaryMike Pompeo
Preceded byPatrick F. Kennedy
Succeeded byJohn R. Bass
Personal details
Born (1964-09-30) September 30, 1964 (age 60)
Political partyRepublican
EducationUnited States Military Academy (BS)
Harvard University (MBA)
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Army
Years of service1986–1993
Rank Captain[citation needed]

Brian Joseph Bulatao[1][dead link‍] (born 30 September 1964) is an American businessman and former government official. In 2017 he was named as Chief Operating Officer of the Central Intelligence Agency by then-agency director Mike Pompeo.[2] In June 2018, Bulatao was nominated to be Under Secretary of State for Management by President Donald Trump.[3] On May 16, 2019, Bulatao was confirmed by the United States Senate in a 92–5 vote;[4] he was sworn in the next day.

After leaving the Trump administration, he was named chief administrative officer at Activision Blizzard effective March 2021.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Brian Joseph Bulatao". West Point Association of Graduates. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
  2. ^ Windrem, Robert (27 April 2017). "CIA's New "Mayor" Comes From Finance Firm, Not Intelligence World". NBC News. Archived from the original on 28 April 2017. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  3. ^ "Seventeen Nominations and One Withdrawal Sent to the Senate Today". whitehouse.gov. 18 June 2018. Retrieved 2018-06-19 – via National Archives.
  4. ^ "U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 116th Congress - 1st Session". United States Senate. 16 May 2019. Archived from the original on 18 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Brian Bulatao". Activision Blizzard. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  6. ^ Grayson, Nathon (30 March 2021). "Activision Blizzard Hires Former Trump Administration Member Once Decried As 'Bully'". Kotaku. Archived from the original on 30 March 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-26.