Mulchandani Nantes (Nand Mulchandani)

Mulchandani Nantes (Nand Mulchandani)

History

2022: Assumed the position of CIA Technical Director

On May 1, 2022, Director CIA William Burns announced the appointment of an entrepreneur from Silicon Valley to the position of the agency's first ever chief technology officer. Nand Mulchandani, co-founder and head of several technology startups, as well as the chief technical officer and interim director of the Joint Center artificial intelligencePentagon , will take the newly formed position until the end of the summer of 2022.

According to the CIA, Mulchandani has 25 years of experience and will ensure that the Agency uses advanced innovations to carry out the CIA mission.

The CIA has a technical director. He became a former Pentagon AI expert

Mulchandani attended Bluebells School International in Delhi. After leaving school in 1987, he received a bachelor's degree in computer science and mathematics (1988-91) from Cornell University. He later entered Stanford Business School to earn a Master of Science in Management (2017-18), and then received another Master of Public Administration (2018-19) from Harvard Kennedy School of Public Administration.

In 2019-2021, he was also a researcher at the Belfer Center for Science and International Relations at Harvard Kennedy School.

With "strong expertise in enterprise infrastructure products, marketing and sales," he has until now co-founded and CEO several startups, such as Oblix (acquired by Oracle), Determina (acquired by VMware), OpenDNS (acquired by Cisco) and ScaleXtreme (acquired by Citrix).

Prior to his new position as Director of Technology of the CIA, Mulchandani worked as Technical Director and Acting Director of the Joint Center for Artificial Intelligence of the US Department of Defense.

{{quote 'Since my approval, I have been prioritizing technology, and the new position of technical director is a very important part of this effort, Burns said in a statement. I am glad that Nand joined our team and will bring his extensive experience to this new important role. }} The appointment is the latest step by the head of the CIA to review the agency's approach to technology and competition. In 2021, the agency created two new mission centers: one focused on China, and the other, called the Center for Transnational and Technological Missions, devoted to foreign technological developments. Mulchandani will report directly to Burns and lead the agency's technology strategy.

{{quote 'I am honored to join the CIA in this role, and look forward to starting work with an incredible team of technologists and experts in the field who are already providing world-class intelligence and capabilities to help create a comprehensive technology strategy that will provide exciting opportunities by working closely with industry and partners, "Mulchandani said in a statement. }} In April 2022, Burns stressed the importance of keeping pace with innovation during the Senate Intelligence Committee's annual hearing on global threats.

{{quote 'Nothing will be as important to the future of the CIA and the US intelligence community as a whole as our ability to compete technologically. This is the main arena... to compete with China, he told lawmakers. All this reflects the extremely high priority that we will continue to attach to this set of issues, "he added. ^[1]

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