David Recordon
David Recordon | |
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Director of White House Technology | |
In office January 20, 2021 – September 2022[1] | |
President | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Austin Lin[2] |
Director of White House Information Technology | |
In office March 19, 2015 – January 20, 2017 | |
President | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Chris Herndon |
Personal details | |
Born | Portland, Oregon, U.S. | September 4, 1986
Occupation | Technologist |
David Recordon (born September 4, 1986) is an American technologist with an open standards and
Biography
Born in
Recordon was employed as an Open Platforms Tech Lead at
]In March 2015, Recordon was appointed to the newly created position of Director of White House Information Technology by President Barack Obama.[4] Through this role, he drove major technology modernization efforts touching nearly every aspect of the White House.[7] Following the end of the Obama administration, Recordon was hired as Vice President of Infrastructure and Security at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and resided in San Francisco.
In the run-up to the 2020 United States presidential election, Recordon volunteered as the Deputy Chief Technology Officer for the Presidential transition of Joe Biden, and, on January 5, 2021, Recordon was named as the Director of Technology in the White House Office of Management and Administration for the incoming administration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.[8] In this role, he drove massive modernization of classified systems in partnership with the DoD and the IC.
References
- ^ "David Recordon". LinkedIn. Retrieved September 25, 2022.
- ^ "Austin Lin". LinkedIn. Retrieved September 25, 2022.
- ^ O'Dell, J (August 30, 2011). "Facebook opens up about open-source software". Retrieved June 8, 2019.
- ^ National Archives.
- ^ Hammer, Eran. "History". Retrieved June 8, 2019.
- ^ "Google-O'Reilly Open Source Awards – Hall of Fame". Retrieved September 17, 2011.
- ^ Shear, Michael (April 3, 2016). "Technology Upgrades Get White House Out of the 20th Century". The New York Times. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
- buildbackbetter.gov. January 5, 2021. Retrieved January 6, 2021.