David Waisanen, former operations chief for the Department of Homeland Security’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program, has been named permanent product lead for allied information technology at the U.S. Army’s Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems.
He had been serving as acting product lead for AIT since October 2022, the Army said Wednesday.
In his new role, Waisanen leads the team that delivers customized IT services to help achieve interoperability and partner capacity for the U.S. military and allied nations.
Waisanen is a retired lieutenant colonel of the U.S. Marine Corps and was in military service for 26 years. He was assigned to various posts under the service branch and the Department of Defense, including the Joint Interagency Task Force-South, USMC Systems Command International Programs Office, Marine Forces Europe, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
His appointment was made official during an assumption of charter ceremony held by PEO EIS’ Defensive Cyber Operations in January.