Teri Takai

Teri Takai
Chief information officer of the United States Department of Defense
In office
October 26, 2010 (2010-10-26) – May 2, 2014 (2014-05-02)
Succeeded byTerry Halvorsen
Personal details
EducationUniversity of Michigan (BA, MA)

Teri M. Takai is an American public servant who served as the United States Department of Defense's Chief information officer (CIO) from 2012 to 2014. Takai also served the acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration (2010 to 2012).[1] She resigned in May 2014.[2]

Takai is a member of the board of directors for FirstNet, a national first-responders network.[3]

She received a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and a Master's in Management, both from the University of Michigan. She served as Chief Information Officer for the State of California and a member of the Governor of California's cabinet. She has also served as Director of the Michigan Department of Information Technology and as the State of Michigan's CIO.[4]

Takai was named one of InformationWeek's 2013 most influential government CIOs.[2]

  1. ^ "DOD announces new Chief Information Officer". US Department of Defense. October 26, 2010. Archived from the original on October 9, 2014.
  2. ^ a b Malykhina, Elena (April 28, 2014). "Defense Dept CIO Teri Takai resigns". InformationWeek.
  3. ^ Wood, Colin (May 12, 2014). "Teri Takai talks DoD, FirstNet". Government Technology. Archived from the original on July 25, 2016.
  4. ^ "Ms. Teresa M. Takai". US Department of Defense. Archived from the original on September 16, 2012. Retrieved June 25, 2012.