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Carey

Robert J. Carey
Chief Information Officer
U.S. Department of the Navy





Mr. Robert J. Carey was named the Chief Information Officer for the Department of the Navy by the Secretary of the Navy, Donald C. Winter, November 2006.

As the DON CIO, Mr. Carey is the senior information management/information technology official in the Department. He provides top-level advocacy to the Secretary for the development and use of IM/IT and creation of a unified IM/IT vision for the Navy–Marine Corps team.

He develops strategies, policies, plans, architectures, standards, and guidance, and provides process transformation support for the entire Department of the Navy. Additionally, he ensures that the development and acquisition of IT systems are interoperable and consistent with the Department’s objectives and vision. Mr. Carey is also the Department’s Knowledge Management champion, Senior Information Assurance Official, Privacy Officer, serves as the IM/IT workforce leader, addresses emerging technologies and issues, ensures the availability, integrity and protection of the Department's information systems, and serves as the Department's Critical Infrastructure Assurance Officer (CIAO). Mr. Carey has recently returned from deployment to the Al Anbar province of Iraq.

For the past three years, Mr. Carey served as the DON Deputy Chief Information Officer (Policy and Integration). Reporting directly to the DON CIO, he served as the principal advisor to the CIO and was responsible for managing and leading the DON CIO staff, developing strategies for achieving IM and IT enterprise integration across the Department of the Navy.

Mr. Carey joined the staff of the DON CIO in February 2000, during which time he served as the DON CIO eBusiness Team Leader through June 2003. During this period he also served as the Director of the Department of the Navy Smart Card Office from February through September 2001.

Prior to his time with the DON CIO, Mr. Carey served in a variety of engineering and program management leadership positions within the Acquisition Community in the Undersea Warfare domain including Director of the Surface Ship Sonar Dome Program Office, Chief Engineer and Deputy Program Manager of the Undersea Weapons Program Office. Mr. Carey began his career in Government service with the Department of the Army in October 1982 at the Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, where he worked as a Test Director managing developmental and operational testing of small arms and automatic weapons.

Mr. Carey attended the University of South Carolina where, in 1982, he received a BS degree in Engineering. He earned a Master of Engineering Management degree from the George Washington University in 1995. He is a member of the Acquisition Professional Community and has been awarded the Department of the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award, the Department of the Navy Superior Civilian Service Award, as well as numerous other Performance Awards. He is also a recipient of the 2006 and 2008 Federal 100 Awards, which recognize influential government IT leaders.

He is an active member of the United States Navy Reserve and holds the rank of Commander, Civil Engineer Corps.

 

Thursday, April 10, 2008

7:00 AM – 9:30 AM
Breakfast: 7:30 AM
Presentation: 8:00 AM

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