Fostering innovation in the public

sector Vivek Kundra US government

Instructor: Ms. Le Thi My Hanh

Team Members: Hoang Thi Thuy Kieu
Pham Thi Tu Anh
Nguyen Thi Mai Hang
Tran Tram Anh
Truong Thi My Khuyen
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Phan Thi Minh Hien
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INTRODUCTION PROBLEM

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SOLUTION CONCLUDE

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 INTRODUCTION
 In March 2009, Vivek Kundra, then CTO of the
DC, was appointed to the newly created
position of Federal CIO of USA.
 He had a less than two-year tenure as the CTO
at DC, Kundra was widely credited.
 As the first-ever federal CIO of the US, Kundra
planned making the operations of the
government more transparent and
interoperable, safeguarding it from cyber
threats.
 As the director of OCTO, he
incorporated technology into all of his
operations.
 As CTO, Kundra uses Google Apps as a
platform for collaboration, recording
communications
 In early 2009, he was also appointed as
the Federal CIO
 INTRODUCTION
 Kundra was born in 1975 in New Delhi, India.
 Completed his Masters in Information Technology and Bachelors in Psychology and Biology from the
University of Maryland and graduated from Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership, University of Virginia.
 After completing his studies, Kundra worked as adjunct faculty at the University of Maryland . Later, he shifted
to the private sector and worked as the Vice President of Marketing for Evincible Software, a company that
developed digital and electronic signature software for financial and defense sectors.
 In September 2001, Kundra was appointed Director of Infrastructure Technologies for Arlington County. Within
nine months of his tenure, he had built the first municipal I-Net in the country
 In January 2006, Kundra was appointed Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Technology for the
Commonwealth of Virginia. He was one of the youngest Indian Americans to be appointed to a senior level
position in the government of Virginia
 On March 27, 2007, Kundra was appointed by the mayor of DC Adrian M. Fenty to the Cabinet post of CTO for
DC