President Donald Trump has nominated Kirsten Davies, a technology and cybersecurity leader, to serve as the Department of Defense’s chief information officer.
According to a congressional notice, the Senate received Davies’ nomination on Tuesday and referred it to the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Katie Arrington, former South Carolina state lawmaker and a previous Wash100 awardee, currently performs the duties of the DOD CIO. She recently issued a memo directing the establishment of the Software Fast Track Initiative to transform the way the department acquires, authorizes and fields secure software.
Kirsten Davies’ Career Highlights
According to her LinkedIn profile, Davies served as chief information security officer, or CISO, at Unilever.
Prior to joining Unilever, she was senior vice president and CISO at The Estee Lauder Companies.
Her industry career included time as managing director and group chief security officer at Barclays; VP and deputy CISO at Hewlett-Packard; global deputy CISO at Siemens; and senior associate at Booz Allen Hamilton.
The digital transformation and IT leader is the founder and CEO of the Institute for Cyber, a nonprofit organization.
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