Vivek Kundra | |
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| 1st Chief Information Officer of the United States | |
| In office March 5, 2009 – August 4, 2011 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Karen Evans (Administrator of the Office of Electronic Government and Information Technology) |
| Succeeded by | Steven VanRoekel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 9, 1974 New Delhi, India |
| Education | University of Maryland, College Park (BS) University of Maryland, University College (MS) |
Vivek Kundra (born October 9, 1974) is a former American administrator who served as the first chief information officer of the United States from March, 2009 to August, 2011 under President Barack Obama.[1] He is currently the chief operating officer at Sprinklr, a provider of enterprise customer experience management software based in NYC. He was previously a visiting Fellow at Harvard University.[2]
He previously served in D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty's cabinet as the District's chief technology officer and in Virginia Governor Tim Kaine's cabinet as Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Technology.
- ^ "President Obama Names Vivek Kundra Chief Information Officer". whitehouse.gov. 5 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-05 – via National Archives.
- ^ "Our Nation's First Federal CIO". whitehouse.gov. 16 June 2011 – via National Archives.