Greg Barbaccia has confirmed his new role as federal chief information officer at the Office of Management and Budget, succeeding Clare Martorana. Barbaccia announced his appointment on a LinkedIn post Saturday.
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He brings to the role over 15 years of experience in the finance, government and defense technology markets. Before becoming the federal CIO, he served as chief information security officer at Theorem, a financial services company that provides risk management powered by machine learning and data science. In this role, he developed and implemented company strategies to protect sensitive financial data, address cyber vulnerabilities and cyber incidence response, and ensure regulatory compliance.
He also served as president of Elementus, a blockchain search engine provider, for over a year. The company also offers compliance and data analytics platforms to U.S. government agencies.
Barbaccia spent 10 years of his career at Palantir, where he held leadership roles of increasing responsibilities. He joined the software development company in 2010 as a government account manager, where he handled Palantir’s business with the Department of Defense and local law enforcement organizations. By 2016, he has moved up to the role of head of intelligence and investigations.
He also founded and served as a managing partner at Argus Vigilance.
Earlier in his career, the tech expert was an intelligence analyst at the Intelligence Community. He was also an intelligence sergeant for the U.S. Army.
