Harvard Club of Washington, DC

Richard Spires, CIO of Department of Homeland Security

Join us for lunch with Richard Spires.
Mr. Spires will share his thoughts on:
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Mr. Spires job includes managing in the following daily scenarios:

• High risk, low probability
• Low risk, high probability
• Hurricanes, Terrorism, Airport security, Borders, Emergency Response, Drug interdiction, Borders, Immigration, protecting the President, etc.

Richard Spires was appointed in September 2009 to serve as the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Chief Information Officer (CIO). In this capacity, Mr. Spires is responsible for the department’s $6.4 billion investment in Information Technology (IT). He leads and facilitates the development, implementation, and maintenance of the department’s IT architecture. Mr. Spires is the chairman of the DHS Chief Information Officer Council and the Enterprise Architecture Board. He strongly supports the Secretary’s goal of unifying and maturing DHS–one DHS, one enterprise, a shared vision, with integrated results-based operations. Mr. Spires also serves as vice chairman of the Federal CIO Council, and co-chairs the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative.

Mr. Spires held a number of positions at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from 2004 through 2008. He served as the Deputy Commissioner for Operations Support, having overall responsibility for the key support and administrative functions for the IRS, to include IT, Human Capital, Finance, Shared Services, Real Estate, and Security functions. Prior to becoming Deputy Commissioner, Mr. Spires served as the IRS’ CIO, with overall strategic and operational responsibility for a $2 billion budget and a 7,000-person Modernization and Information Technology Services organization. 

From 2000 through 2003, Mr. Spires served as President, Chief Operating Officer, and Director of Mantas, Inc., a software provider that provides business intelligence solutions to the financial services industry. In helping to establish Mantas, 
Mr. Spires received a BS in Electrical Engineering and a BA in Mathematical Sciences from the University of Cincinnati and an MS in Electrical Engineering from the George Washington University.

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When: Thursday, 12/8/11 at 11:30am - 2:00pm | iCal

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