Describe your career to date
I am CEO of Ellis Morgan Enterprises, a National Security Executive leader, and the former US Government Intelligence Community Chief Data Officer (IC CDO). I have over 35 years of executive level experience leading strategy, innovation and driving transformation in the data and information technology arenas. I now provide independent consulting and advisory board work related to data and artificial intelligence (AI) strategy, trustworthy use of data and AI, corporate governance and working with the public sector.
While in Government, I successfully led numerous data and IT initiatives serving as a program manager and Executive Leader at the Central Intelligence Agency. I have extensive experience leading major corporate transformation efforts and standing up new organizations across portfolios for data strategy, data management, data policy, data literacy and data acumen, digital transformation, software development, and cloud technology adoption and migration in the national security and intelligence arenas.
I am a champion for women in STEM fields and developing the next generation workforce. During my last tour with the Federal Government, I was on a joint duty assignment to the office of the Director of National Intelligence, where I served as Assistant Director of National Intelligence for Domestic Engagement, Information Sharing and Data and was dual hatted as the IC CDO.
I led the IC’s strategic initiative to re-imagine the future of the IC’s data and information landscape in the digital era. I serve as a Strategic Advisor on SambaNova Systems’ Artificial Intelligence Innovation Advisory Council, Informa’s AI Security Council, and for The Cantellus Group. I am also an active member of Women Leaders in Data and AI (WLDA) and a frequent public speaker.