Steven VanRoekel
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|name = Steven VanRoekel
|image = Steven VanRoekel Headshot.jpg
|office = 2nd Chief Information Officer of the United States
|president = Barack Obama
|predecessor = Vivek Kundra
|successor = Lisa Schlosser
|term_start = August 5, 2011
|term_end = October 1, 2014
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|education = Iowa State University (BA)
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Steven VanRoekel was named the Office of Management and Budget's Acting Deputy Director for Management on May 21, 2013.{{Cite web|url=http://www.federalnewsradio.com/513/3331118/OMB-director-taps-VanRoekel-to-lead-management-team|title = OMB director taps VanRoekel to lead management team|date = 21 May 2013}} He was also the second Federal Chief Information Officer of the United States and previously worked for the Federal Communications Commission, the United States Agency for International Development, and at Microsoft.{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/04/technology/white-house-picks-new-information-chief.html | work=The New York Times | first=Steve | last=Lohr | title=White House Picks New Information Chief | date=August 4, 2011}}
In September 2014, VanRoekel announced that he would leave the Office of Management and Budget and return to USAID to advise the agency on technology matters in its response to the Ebola outbreak.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/on-it/cio-vanroekel-steps-down-returns-to-usaid-to-work-on-ebola-response/2014/09/19/cc34a7ba-4017-11e4-b03f-de718edeb92f_story.html |title=CIO VanRoekel steps down, returns to USAID to work on Ebola response |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=October 10, 2014 |first=Mohana |last=Ravindranath |date=September 19, 2014}}
Private sector
VanRoekel worked for Microsoft in various capacities from 1994 to 2009, including a stint as Speech and Strategy Assistant to Bill Gates, the corporation's co-founder, and as Senior Director of the Windows Server division.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/04/technology/white-house-picks-new-information-chief.html |work=The New York Times |first=Steve |last=Lohr |title=White House Picks New Information Chief |date=August 4, 2011}} While at Microsoft, VanRoekel was named Microsoft's Redmond Manager of the Year and received the "Best in Show" award at the Consumer Electronics Show for innovative marketing and the use of new media.{{cite web |url=http://www.insideriowa.com/index.cfm?nodeID=17818&audienceID=1&action=display&newsID=4495 |title=Politics - January 2012 |access-date=2011-12-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126012353/http://www.insideriowa.com/index.cfm?nodeID=17818 |archive-date=2012-01-26 }}
Public sector
=Federal Communications Commission (FCC)=
VanRoekel began his public sector career in 2009 as the Managing Director of the Federal Communications Commission where he oversaw all operational, technical, financial, and human resource aspects of the agency.[https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2011/08/04/president-obama-announces-more-key-administration-posts President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts], White House Office of the Press Secretary (August 4, 2011). During his tenure at the FCC, VanRoekel was credited with jump-starting efforts to modernize the agency's aging IT infrastructure. He oversaw the relaunch of the agency's web presence into an open-source based, cloud powered platform,{{cite web| url=http://reboot.fcc.gov/blog?entryId=784078 | title=Modernizing FCC.gov from the Ground Up | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209093830/http://reboot.fcc.gov/blog?entryId=784078 | archive-date=2017-12-09}} launched a Twitter account that grew to more than 400,000 followers,{{Cite Twitter profile|fcc}} launched the first federal "developer" website, crowd-sourcing data with help from citizens for projects like the National Broadband Map,{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/04/new-cio-steven-vanroekel-_n_919004.html |work=Huffington Post |title=Government's New IT Chief Describes His Biggest Challenge |date=August 4, 2011}} and became the first{{Cite web|url=http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/04/fcc-website-reboot-open-source-cloud.html|title=FCC.gov reboots as an open government platform - O'Reilly Radar|first=Alex|last=Howard|website=radar.oreilly.com}} agency to accept public comment via social media tools.{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0811/60680_Page2.html|title = Steven VanRoekel hopes to cut tech costs - Kim Hart|website = Politico}} He also updated the FCC staff's use of technology by deploying WiFi throughout the building, installing Internet-powered phones, and creating the Technology Experience Center (TEC).{{Cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/blog/exclusive-sneak-peek-fcc-technology-experience-center-and-seethespectrum|title=Exclusive Sneak Peek: FCC Technology Experience Center and #SeeTheSpectrum|date=11 July 2011}}
=United States Agency for International Development (USAID)=
Before he was named CIO, he was the Executive Director of Citizen and Organizational Engagement at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Early life and education
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External links
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- [http://www.cio.gov Federal CIO Council]
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