{"id":191238,"date":"2023-03-03T13:10:08","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T18:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=people&p=191238"},"modified":"2024-04-01T13:14:29","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T17:14:29","slug":"nasa-chief-information-officer-jeff-seaton","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/nasa-chief-information-officer-jeff-seaton\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Seaton"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-bio-intro maxw-full width-full padding-y-6 padding-x-3 hds-module align wp-block-nasa-blocks-bio-intro\">\n\t<div class=\"hds-bio-intro-container grid-row grid-container grid-container-block padding-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-4 desktop:grid-col-3\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-bio-thumbnail width-10 tablet:width-card desktop:width-card-lg\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/jeff-seaton-july2023.jpg?w=640\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"Jeff Seaton - July 2023\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 51% 9%; object-position: 51% 9%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/jeff-seaton-july2023.jpg 4882w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/jeff-seaton-july2023.jpg?resize=240,300 240w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/jeff-seaton-july2023.jpg?resize=768,960 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/jeff-seaton-july2023.jpg?resize=819,1024 819w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/jeff-seaton-july2023.jpg?resize=1229,1536 1229w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/jeff-seaton-july2023.jpg?resize=1639,2048 1639w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/jeff-seaton-july2023.jpg?resize=320,400 320w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/jeff-seaton-july2023.jpg?resize=480,600 480w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/jeff-seaton-july2023.jpg?resize=720,900 720w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/jeff-seaton-july2023.jpg?resize=960,1200 960w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/jeff-seaton-july2023.jpg?resize=1600,2000 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-7 desktop:grid-col-9 grid-row margin-0 padding-0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-8 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-1 desktop:margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"display-60 display-block width-full\">Jeff Seaton<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg padding-0 margin-0 color-carbon-60\">NASA Chief Information Officer<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-18\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFollow Jeff Seaton\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"social-icons social-icons-monochrome\"><li class=\"social-icon social-icon-facebook\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NASAcio\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Follow Jeff Seaton on Facebook.\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M9 8h-3v4h3v12h5v-12h3.642l.358-4h-4v-1.667c0-.955.192-1.333 1.115-1.333h2.885v-5h-3.808c-3.596 0-5.192 1.583-5.192 4.615v3.385z\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Jeffrey \u201cJeff\u201d Seaton <\/strong>is NASA\u2019s Chief Information Officer. Seaton was named CIO in January 2021.\u00a0Prior to his appointment as NASA\u2019s CIO, Seaton served as acting CIO since May 2020 and as deputy CIO before that. Seaton supported the leadership and integration of NASA corporate and mission critical IT functions and capabilities and oversaw NASA\u2019s annual information technology (IT) spending of more than $2 billion. He collaboratively provided oversight for agencywide, mission-enabling functions related to IT investments, modernization efforts, cybersecurity, and the delivery of enterprisewide IT and information solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From 2011 to 2018, Seaton served as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) at NASA\u2019s Langley Research Center. During that time, he led transformative change efforts in both the Langley and CIO enterprise across the agency to increase effectiveness and accountability of the services provided by the organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to the CIO role, Seaton served as the Chief Technology Officer at Langley Research Center, responsible for planning and coordinating center investments in high value technologies for future NASA missions. He has also held various technical leadership positions since joining NASA in 1991 as an electrical engineer conducting robotics research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seaton is a 2014 recipient of NASA\u2019s Outstanding Leadership Medal. In June 2008, he was selected to participate in NASA\u2019s Senior Executive Service Career Development Program. He received his bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees from Virginia Tech in electrical engineering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeffrey \u201cJeff\u201d Seaton is NASA\u2019s Chief Information Officer. Seaton was named CIO in January 2021.\u00a0Prior to his appointment as NASA\u2019s CIO, Seaton served as acting CIO since May 2020 and as deputy CIO before that. 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