This week Gerald Caron, CIO for the Office of Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) joins the podcast to share real world impact in bringing communications and accessibility to an organization. He also breaks down a football analogy of IT as an enabler and the criticality of the fans (users) to the equation. And provides perspective on Zero Trust and IT modernization, including recent ATARC Zero Trust demo labs, as well as his path into IT through a keen interest in data and problem solving. There's also his two book recommendations from Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl and Andy Greenberg you'll want to check out!

Gerald Caron, Chief Information Officer (CIO) / Assistant Inspector General of Information Technology (AIG/IT) for the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

Mr. Caron is a member of the Senior Executive Service (SES) and is Chief Information Officer (CIO) / Assistant Inspector General of Information Technology (AIG/IT) for the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as of May 2021.

Previously he has served as the Director of Enterprise Network Management (ENM) within the Directorate of Operations in the Bureau of Information Resource Management (IRM) since June 2016.

Mr. Caron has over 24 years of information technology (IT) experience. He began his career in the US Army working in hands-on technical positions serving for 7 years as a Programmer and Administrator. Mr. Caron then spent 2 years as a contractor with the federal government, where he acquired more refined technical skills and a more detailed understanding of IT operations. He joined the federal government at the Department of State (DOS) in 2003 as a Systems Administrator. He has held multiple positions at the DOS, moving from managing small technical groups leading up to Director for ENM. Mr. Caron is also a co-chair on the CIO's Innovation Counsel for Zero Trust as well as co-chair for ATARC.org Zero Trust Working Group.

For links and resources discussed in this episode, please visit our show notes at https://www.forcepoint.com/govpodcast/e188