By Terri Moon Cronk, DoD News, Defense Media Activity
WASHINGTON -- Dana Deasy took his oath as the Defense
Department’s chief information officer here May 7, and spoke on the privilege
of service.
Michael L. Rhodes, the department’s director of
administration and management, swore in Deasy in the Nunn-Lugar conference
room, near Defense Secretary James N. Mattis’ office. Deputy Defense Secretary
Patrick M. Shanahan was present for the new CIO’s official oath-taking
ceremony, as well as Deasy’s wife, staffers and colleagues.
Deasy comes to DoD from JP Morgan Chase, where he was CIO
and managed more than 40,000 information technology professionals.
As DoD’s CIO, he will be responsible for how DoD manages and
uses information, communications and cybersecurity.
Deasy is no stranger to the Pentagon. “I’ve had a chance to
work with people from the Pentagon [in the past], and as I’ve left [those
meetings], I’ve always thought, ‘Wouldn’t that be great if, someday, there was
a way I could be a part of that in a bigger way?’” he said after taking his
oath.
“And thanks to people like the Deputy Secretary of Defense
[Shanahan], who thought I could do the job,” the new CIO said. “
“I am absolutely thrilled to be here.”
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