John B Sherman

John Sherman has nearly 25 years of experience working in national security technology and innovation across the Intelligence Community (IC) and Department of Defense (DoD). He has most recently served as the Acting DoD Chief Information Officer (CIO) and earlier as the IC CIO. At each assignment he led modernizations involving large-scale government enterprises with cloud computing, cybersecurity, and collaboration capabilities. Previous to his time as a CIO, Mr. Sherman served as Deputy Director of CIA’s Open Source Enterprise, where he worked on open source intelligence by leveraging new technologies and interagency partnerships, and he also led several large offices at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency dealing with analysis, collection, and international partnerships. Mr. Sherman began his intelligence career as satellite imagery analyst and manager, and served as a duty officer in the White House Situation Room. He has served in the intelligence community for over 20 years. Sherman has previously served in senior executive positions at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) in areas of analysis, collection, homeland security, agency transformation, and foreign partnerships. Mr. Sherman served as the Principal Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Military Issues on the National Intelligence Council. Mr. Sherman has received the Meritorious Presidential Rank Award, the CIA Intelligence Medal of Merit, and the NGA Meritorious Civilian Service Medal. Prior to his career in the intelligence community, Sherman served as a U.S. Army Air Defense officer. Mr. Sherman holds a B.A. in History from Texas A&M University and an M.P.A. from the University of Houston