George Duchak, PhD PE
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2023 : Present
Influit Energy
Chief Operating Officer
2015 :
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
Board Member, Cybersecurity Subcommittee
Responsible for the execution of a $2.1B IT budget to support the global operations of ~27,000 users. Initiated and executed a massive Digital-Business Transformation enabling the organization to move from digitized to digital. This included the closing of 23 data centers and migration to the cloud, standing up an internal devsecops software factory to refactor applications to be cloud native, reorganizing and re-architecting around data, and business process reengineering to exploit the power of digital to improve processes and elimination of a custom codebase on the ERP.
2019 : 2023
Defense Logistics Agency
Director of Information Operations, Chief Information & Innovation Officer
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (SES-3) responsible for the acquisition oversight of major software intensive systems.
2016 : 2019
United States Department of Defense
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for C3, Cyber, & Business Systems
First Director for Secretary of Defense Ash Carter's Defense Innovation Unit (experimental). DIUx was designed as a bridge between the DoD and the Silicon Valley innovation ecosystem.
2015 : 2016
Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)
Founding Director, DIUx
About
Executive leadership in every phase of the product life-cycle S&T-->R&D-->Acquisition-->Sustainment with emphasis on software and cybersecurity. Current Director of Information Operations, J6, at the Defense Logistics Agency, approximately 75th on the Fortune 100 in terms of annual revenue; Previous Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber, Command & Control, Communications & Networks, and Business Systems (SES, Tier 3); Founding Director of the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUx), a Secretary of Defense initiative chartered to build collaborative relationships with Silicon Valley firms; Director Rome Labs, a 1,200-person, $1.1B world-class research laboratory focused on information technologies for command & control, cyber security and exploitation, communications & networking, and intelligence exploitation. Selected as the 2015 Federal Laboratory Director of the Year, a significant honor sought by all 300+ federal laboratories. T-Shaped professional with proven skills leading organizations in the development of a wide range of technology solutions – information, cyber, ISR, sensors, and communications for ground, submarine, sea, air, and space domains. Life-long learner. Strategic thinker with an unparalleled interdisciplinary leadership, management, and technical pedigree in the military (multi-service), federal service, and private sector.
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