Ms. Jill Tummler Singer was appointed as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) in January 2010. The NRO, as part of the 16-member Intelligence Community plays a primary role in achieving information superiority for the U.S. Government and Armed Forces. A DoD agency, the NRO is staffed by DoD and CIA personnel. Prior to joining the NRO, Ms. Singer served as the Deputy CIO for the Central Intelligence Agency.

Ms. Singer has served in several senior leadership positions within the Federal Government. She was the Director of the Diplomatic Telecommunications Service (DTS), United States Department of State. She was the head of Systems Engineering, Architecture, and Planning for CIA’s global infrastructure organization. Ms. Singer also served as the Director of Architecture and Implementation for the Intelligence Community CIO and pioneered the technology and management concepts that are the basis for multi-agency secure collaboration.

Ms. Singer has held positions within private industry as a direct employee and as a federal government intern. She was a Vice President for Project Management at Science Applications International Corporation, Inc. (SAIC), responsible for providing advanced information technology solutions to federal government clients. She completed a government-sponsored internship with GE Aerospace and was employed with IBM. She received her Master of Science in Systems Analysis and her Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of West Florida. She is a graduate of several leadership programs including the Federal Executive Leadership Program and the University of Virginia’s Executive Leaders Program. Ms. Singer was awarded the CIA’s Manager Mentor of the Year Award in January 2010.

(Current as of January 2010)