Lew Sanford Jr. is the Director in the CIO-Office of Innovation responsible for Special Projects & Experimentation. He is actively involved with geospatial technologies, use of biometrics for identity proofing, information architecture and a variety of technology and process initiatives across the agency. He is an active proponent for use of open source and social media. Most recently he served as the Senior Program Manager for the Geospatial Line of Business at the Federal Geographic Data Committee (Department of Interior, US Geological Survey). He has served as CIO, U.S. Attorneys at Department of Justice; E-Gov Program Executive & Chief Information Architect for General Services Administration; and Deputy CIO for Public Buildings Service – nation-wide; and extensive business application development, integration and management consulting in the private sector. Lew is a ‘Trailboss’ program graduate and a member of SIM-Society of Information Management.