Steven VanRoekel was named the

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's Acting Deputy Director for Management on May 21, 2013. He was also the second

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and previously worked for the

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, the

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, and at

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. In September 2014, VanRoekel announced that he would leave the Office of Management and Budget and return to USAID to advise the agency on technology matters in its response to the Ebola outbreak.

Private sector

VanRoekel worked for

in various capacities from 1994 to 2009, including a stint as Speech and Strategy Assistant to

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, the corporation's co-founder, and as Senior Director of the

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division. While at Microsoft, VanRoekel was named Microsoft's Redmond Manager of the Year and received the "Best in Show" award at the Consumer Electronics Show for innovative marketing and the use of

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Public sector

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

VanRoekel began his public sector career in 2009 as the Managing Director of the

where he oversaw all operational, technical, financial, and human resource aspects of the agency.President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts
White House Office of the Press Secretary (August 4, 2011). During his tenure at the FCC, VanRoekel was credited with jump-starting efforts to modernize the agency's aging IT infrastructure. He oversaw the relaunch of the agency's web presence into an open-source based, cloud powered platform, launched a Twitter account that grew to more than 400,000 followers, launched the first federal "developer" website, crowd-sourcing data with help from citizens for projects like the National Broadband Map, and became the first agency to accept public comment via social media tools. He also updated the FCC staff's use of technology by deploying WiFi throughout the building, installing Internet-powered phones, and creating the Technology Experience Center (TEC).

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Before he was named CIO, he was the Executive Director of Citizen and Organizational Engagement at the

(USAID).

Early life and education

VanRoekel received a B.A. in

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from

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where he was the editor of his college yearbook, ''The Bomb''. VanRoekel grew up in

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and attended Washington High School.

References

External links

Federal CIO Council
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