John Bradley Sherman is an American intelligence official who has served as the Chief Information Officer at the

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since December 17, 2021. Prior to that, he served from June 2020 to January 2021 as the Principal Deputy DOD Chief Information Officer. Between 2017 and 2020 he served as Associate Director and Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Community (IC) at the

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Education

Sherman graduated from

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with a BA in history. He also earned a master's degree in public administration from the

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. Following graduation from Texas A&M, he was a US Army Air Defense officer in the 24th Infantry Division. He is a graduate of the

CAPSTONE course, ODNI's "Leading the IC" course, and the CIA Director's Seminar.

Career

Sherman was formerly the deputy director of CIA's Open Source Enterprise (OSE). Before that, he served in several senior executive positions at NGA, dealing with analysis, collection,

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, organizational strategy, and international affairs. Previously, Sherman was the principal deputy national intelligence officer for military issues on the

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, and as a

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duty officer. He began his IC career in 1997 as a CIA imagery analyst assigned to the former National Imagery and Mapping Agency, now known as NGA.

Biden administration

On September 16, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Sherman to be the Chief Information Officer in the Department of Defense. The

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held hearings on his nomination on October 28, 2021. On December 8, 2021, the committee favorably reported Sherman's nomination to the Senate floor. The entire

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confirmed his nomination via voice vote on December 14, 2021.

Awards and personal life

Sherman has been awarded the Meritorious Presidential Rank, the

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, NGA's Meritorious Civilian Service Medal, and Canada's Chief of Defense Intelligence Medallion. He is married with two grown children.

References

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