Wednesday, August 16, 2023

WCC graduate named CIO of AF

Venice Goodwine is the new chief information officer of the Air Force. Goodwine, who has been the director of enterprise IT for the service since June 2021, takes over for Lauren Knausenberger, who departed in June

An Air Force spokesperson confirmed Goodwine started in her new role on Aug. 13. 

In taking over as the new CIO, Goodwine inherits a lot of priorities and programs she’s quite familiar with. As director of enterprise IT, one of her big focus areas was the roll out of the enterprise IT-as-a-service (EITaaS) effort. 

The Air Force won the protest of the award to CACI in April and has begun implementation. (Federal News 08/15/23) Air Force names new CIO | Federal News Network

BackgroundShe holds a Master of Business Administration degree from William Carey College, in Hattiesburg, Miss.

In her career: From 1995–97, she was lead Unix Systems administrator at Stennis Space Center, Bay St. Louis, Miss.; 1997–99, Program Manager, Defense Information Systems Agency Continuity and Test Facility, in Slidell, La.2001–02, Testing and COOP analyst, DISA Continuity and Test Facility in Slidell, La.; and 2003–04, Systems Analyst, Lockheed Martin at Stennis Space Center. 

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