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Zalmai
Azmi - Chief Information Officer
Zalmai
Azmi was assigned as Chief Information Officer for the FBI
early in 2004, following six months in an acting capacity.
In this position, Mr. Azmi is responsible for the FBI's overall
information technology efforts, including developing the FBI's
IT strategic plan and operating budget, developing and maintaining
the FBI's technology assets, and providing technical direction
for the reengineering of FBI business processes. In pursuit
of that charter, Mr. Azmi has been responsible for dramatic
change in the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO).
Significant accomplishments include:
- Leading
the maturation of the Office as a centralized entity within
the FBI in compliance with the Clinger-Cohen mandates, with
distinct attention to and accomplishments in each of the
eleven core competencies required by that mandate. As such,
he is responsible for management of all FBI IT assets, including
legacy equipment and infrastructure as well as evolving
implementation of new and modernized systems and services
to accommodate mission priorities.
- Establishment
and ongoing refinement of the FBI Life Cycle Management
methodology, including relevant governance/reviews, earned
value measurement of program progress (EVMS), and the definition,
improvement and/or reengineering of process.
- Establishment
of the FBI Enterprise Architecture (EA) in compliance with
the Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF) and
the controlling/governing mechanisms to ensure internal
compliance and external collaboration.
- Establishment
of the Office of the Chief Knowledge Officer (CKO) and a
Knowledge Management (KM) program by which the FBI can exploit
both tacit and explicit knowledge assets internally and
participate fully in Information Sharing programs within
the Intelligence and Law Enforcement Communities (IC, LEC),
as well as acquiring and merging commercial best practices
into the program.
Mr. Azmi
is regularly solicited for speaking engagements for and participation
in relevant government and industry symposia and conferences.
He is an active member of and meets regularly with executives
from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and
Department of Justice and CIO peers throughout the government
and industry.
Prior
to the FBI, he served as CIO for the Executive Office for
the United States Attorneys (EOUSA). Here, Mr. Azmi initiated
several programs to bring the organization into compliance
with Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996. He created and implemented
a multi-year strategic technology plan, an Enterprise Architecture,
an IT Investment Management process, a Lifecycle methodology,
and all Federal CIOs core competencies. He also created and
integrated the organization's first Information Systems Security
Office. While retaining this position, he was detailed to
the Central Intelligence Agency's Counter Terrorism Center
(CTC) because of his prior experience and was twice deployed
to Afghanistan to participate in support of military operations
on the ground.
Mr. Azmi
served in the United States Marine Corps for seven years as
a Communication and Intelligence Specialist. He served multiple
tours with Marine Expeditionary Units (Special Operations
Capable) and his last assignment was with the 2nd Surveillance,
Intelligence, and Reconnaissance Group.
Mr. Azmi
has received several prestigious awards including the Presidential
Rank of Distinguished Executive Award, President G.W. Bush
Award for Excellence in Counter Terrorism Support, Arthur
S. Flemming Award for Excellence in Applied Science and Technology,
two Bronze Medals from the Department of Commerce, and numerous
military service medals.
Mr. Azmi
holds a Bachelor of Science in Information Systems from The
American University and a Master of Science in Management
Information Systems from The George Washington University.
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