Leidos of Reston, VA announced on November 25 that nationally-recognized information technology (IT) leader Dr. John Zangardi has joined the Civil Group as senior vice president of business initiatives and strategic partnerships. In this new role, Dr. Zangardi brings his decades of experience transforming IT at top federal agencies to enhance technical core capabilities and foster strategic relationships that support the Civil Group’s overall strategic direction.
Dr. Zangardi most
recently served as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the Department of
Homeland Security (DHS), a presidentially appointed position, where he was
responsible for overseeing IT and its related security and management for the
Department. He was recognized by Federal Computer Week for driving advanced
cybersecurity, identity management capabilities, modernized telecommunications,
cloud computing and data analytics throughout the Department.
Prior to that, Dr.
Zangardi served as the Department of Defense (DoD) Principal Deputy Chief
Information Officer and later the Acting Chief Information Officer. He also
previously served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Command,
Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Information Operations, and
Space (DASN C4I, IO, and Space), and the Acting Department of the Navy Chief
Information Officer (DON CIO).
A retired Naval
Flight Officer, Dr. Zangardi served in a variety of command and staff
assignments during his military career. After retiring from the Navy, Dr. Zangardi
was selected for appointment to the Senior Executive Service (SES) and assigned
as the Deputy Director Warfare Integration Programs (N6FB) within the Deputy
Chief of Naval Operations Communications Networks (N6) Directorate. With the
stand-up of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations Information Dominance (N2/N6),
he was assigned as the Director for Program Integration and as Deputy to the
Director for Concepts, Strategy, and Integration.
“John is a
transformational IT executive and leader who has been instrumental in advancing
cybersecurity and digital modernization across DHS and DOD,” said Jim
Moos, Leidos Civil Group acting group president. “I’m confident that with
John’s expertise we will continue to strengthen strategic relationships and
align our business strategies to adapt to the evolving cybersecurity, IT
modernization, and digital transformation environment.”
Dr. Zangardi is a graduate of the University of Scranton. He holds a Master of Science degree from the Naval Postgraduate School and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from George Mason University.
Source: Leidos
By Loren Blinde
November 26, 2019
