Joseph F. Klimavicz

Mr. Joseph F. Klimavicz joined the Department of Justice (DOJ) leadership team as Deputy Assistant Attorney General and Chief Information Officer (CIO) in May 2014.  In this position, he provided leadership and oversight of the Department’s information and technology programs.  He also served as the DOJ Chief Data Officer, Senior Agency Official for Geospatial Information (SAOGI), and Executive responsible for radio frequency spectrum use within DOJ. 

Mr. Klimavicz previously served as National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) CIO and Director, High Performance Computing and Communications from January 2007 until May 2014.  While in this position, he also served as the Department of Commerce SAOGI and Executive responsible for radio frequency spectrum use.

Mr. Klimavicz’s 35-year career in the federal government began with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) as an imagery scientist, developing photogrammetric math models in the National Photographic Interpretation Center.  He subsequently served in line management positions within the CIA and the Department of Defense (DOD) leading information technology programs, to include serving as the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Deputy CIO where he also served as DOD SAOGI. 

Mr. Klimavicz received a Bachelor of Science degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1983 and a Master of Engineering degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1988.  Major areas of study included geodesy, photogrammetry and imaging systems.  In 2012, Mr. Klimavicz received the U.S. Presidential Rank Award for Distinguished Executive Service - the highest honor attainable for federal government work.