Mr.
Robert J. Carey serves as the fifth Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the
Department of the Navy (DON). As the DON CIO, Mr. Carey is the senior
Information Management/Information Technology (IM/IT) official in the
Department. As such he determines policy and provides top-level advocacy for
the Secretary of the Navy for the development and use of IM/IT and creation
of a unified IM/IT vision for the Navy–Marine Corps team. He develops
strategies, policies, plans, architectures, standards, and guidance, and
provides process transformation support for the entire Department of the
Navy. Additionally, he ensures that the development and acquisition of IT
systems are interoperable and consistent with the Department's objectives
and vision. Mr. Carey is the Department's Cyber/IT Workforce Community
Leader and also serves as the Critical Infrastructure Assurance Officer
and the Senior Military Component Official for Privacy.
Mr. Carey entered the Senior Executive Service in June 2003 as the DON Deputy
Chief Information Officer (Policy and Integration) and was responsible for
leading the DON CIO staff in developing strategies for achieving IM/IT
enterprise integration across the Department.
Mr. Carey's Federal service began with the U.S. Army at Aberdeen Proving Ground
in October 1982 where he worked as a Test Director for small arms and automatic
weapons. He began his service with the Department of the Navy in February 1985
with the Naval Sea Systems Command. He worked in the Anti-Submarine/Undersea
Warfare domain where he served in a variety of engineering and program
management leadership positions within the Acquisition Community, culminating in
his assignment as the Deputy Program Manager for the Undersea Weapons Program
Office, PMS 404. Mr. Carey joined the staff of the DON CIO in February 2000,
serving as the DON CIO eBusiness Team Leader through June 2003. During this
period he also served as the Director of the DON Smart Card Office from
February through September 2001.
Mr. Carey attended the University of South Carolina where he received a Bachelor
of Science degree in engineering in 1982. He earned a Master of Engineering
Management degree from the George Washington University in 1995. He is a member
of the Acquisition Professional Community and has been awarded the Department
of the Navy Meritorious, Superior, and Distinguished Civilian Service Awards,
as well as numerous other performance awards. He received the prestigious
Federal 100 Award in 2006, 2008 and 2009 recognizing his significant
contributions to Federal information technology. Mr. Carey was also named DoD
Executive of the Year for 2009 by Government Computer News.
Mr. Carey is an active member of the United States Navy Reserve and currently
holds the rank of Commander in the Civil Engineer Corps and has been selected as
Captain. He was recalled to active duty for Operation Desert Shield/Storm and
most recently Operation Iraqi Freedom, where he served in the Al Anbar province
with I Marine Expeditionary Force.