Wang named Army deputy CIO
He'll take over for Mike Krieger, who will retire from the civil service Oct. 31.
Gary C. Wang will take over as the Army’s new Deputy CIO/G-6 on Nov. 1, a day after current deputy Mike Krieger retires from the civil service, the Army has announced.
Wang, who started his federal career in 1983 as a project engineer at the Naval Underwater Systems Center, currently is director of Intelligence Systems and Architectures in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence. As deputy CIO/G6, he’ll help oversee the Army’s network modernization and its $10 billion a year in IT investments.
"Gary Wang's a known change agent who will help the Army accelerate to the modern, secure and globally-available network we need now and for the future," Lt. Gen. Robert S. Ferrell, the Army CIO/G-6, said in a statement. "The Army congratulates and welcomes him."