Andre Mendes

Chief Information Officer, U.S. Department of Commerce

André Mendes was appointed Chief Information Officer for the Department of Commerce in August of 2019. There, he has overall responsibility and oversight of all technology systems at the United States Department of Commerce (DOC) and its associated Bureaus (FY2020 Budget $3.8B).

Prior to DOC, Mr. Mendes spent eight years at the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) in various executive roles including CEO, COO, CIO, CTO and CFO. During his time at USAGM, Mr. Mendes managed overall Agency transformation generating $360 million in savings from 2010 through 2018 through aggressive global technology and facilities optimization with projected 10-year savings in excess of half a billion dollars ($503M). In that timeframe, global weekly audiences grew 78% (165-278M).

Mr. Mendes is a member of the CIO Hall of Fame (Class of 2021), a recipient of the 2011 Milton F. Clogg Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award from Montgomery College, the Chairman of the Capitol Technology University Board of Trustees and has receive multiple industry awards including an MIT award for IT Innovation, the 2021 Top 150 Global Transformation Executives from Constellation Research,  2020 and 2021 FedScoop 50 Federal Leadership Awards, 2020 and 2021  50 Best Bosses In Federal IT, the 2005 Technology Leadership Award from Broadcasting and Cable Magazine and the Top 100 Hispanic Executives in IT Award every year between 2009 and 2019.

 

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Preparedness is the Key to Deal with Constantly Changing Technology

By: André Mendes, CIO, U.S. Department of Commerce

“The landscape is changing so dramatically and at such a pace that the old systems will not remain viable for a long period of time”