Mr. Craig E. Kaucher is the Director for Information Sharing and Knowledge Management, and CIO in the Office of Intelligence and Analysis, Department of Homeland Security. He is the founding government employee of this Division, and has been with DHS since June 2004. In his tenure to date with DHS, he has developed or contributed to many significant programs and initiatives. Among these are the Department’s Information Sharing Program, the Joint Program Management Office for National Security Systems, and the Chief Information Security Officer for National Security Systems. He is currently engaged in forming a strategic program management office for Intelligence Enterprise Solutions to modernize data management, analytic tools, and production and dissemination capabilities for the intelligence enterprise.

He is a retired Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army, with his final assignment as a Professor of Information Operations in the Information Operations and Technology Department, Information Resources Management College, National Defense University, where he taught in the NSA/DHS certified Information Assurance certificate program, as well as in the DOD CIO certificate program, and the Advanced Management Program.. He began his military career in 1983 as an Army Signal Corps officer and has served in a variety of assignments from the tactical to the strategic level. Mr. Kaucher became an Information Systems Management officer in 1994 and was assigned to the Directorate for Intelligence J2, Joint Staff, and the Defense Intelligence Agency as a software development project manager. His earlier assignments include many leadership positions, with responsibility for the operation of strategic information systems supporting global national security operations. He holds a BA in Communications from Temple University, and an MS in Software Engineering Administration from Central Michigan University. He also holds the Department of Defense Chief Information Officer Certificate and the Information Systems Security Professional Certificate from National Defense University, and is a Certified Information Security Manager. Mr. Kaucher is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Information Systems at Nova Southeastern University. He has made numerous presentations at major conferences, served as a subject matter expert and advisor to several national-level activities, and written for peer-reviewed publications.