Leadership

OCIO will support achievement of USDA’s diverse mission areas by offering agile, world-class technology solutions to its stakeholders and applying innovative approaches to recruiting and developing a highly skilled workforce.

The USDA OCIO develops, delivers and defends the business information technologies that empower every aspect of the USDA mission under the following leadership:

David Peters, Associate Chief Information Officer Digital Infrastructure Services Center (DISC) USDA Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO)

David Peters was selected as Associate Chief Information Officer (ACIO) of USDA OCIO’s DISC organization in October 2020. In this role, David leads all enterprise hosting, enterprise network, and enterprise cloud/application solutions.

Prior to joining USDA, David served as the Deputy Executive Director, GSA Centers of Excellence (CoE) where he led all engagement operations from concept to completion. Under David’s leadership, the CoE initiative doubled in agency engagements and also increased both staff and business volume by 50%. David joined the GSA Technology Transformation Service (TTS) Centers of Excellence in November 2018 and led the CoE lighthouse engagement with the Department of Agriculture (USDA). In this role, David led six IT Modernization teams comprised of 150 staff, contractors, and USDA detailees to drive enterprise transformation via cloud adoption, data analytics, contact center consolidation, and increased customer experience management. The CoE initiative was launched with the sponsorship of the Office of American Innovation (OAI).