Vivek Kundra
| Vivek Kundra | |
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| First Chief Information Officer of the United States | |
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In office March 5, 2009 – August 4, 2011 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Karen Evans (Administrator of the Office of Electronic Government and Information Technology) |
| Succeeded by | Steven VanRoekel |
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October 9, 1974 New Delhi, India |
| Alma mater |
University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, University College |
Vivek Kundra (Hindi: विवेक कुंद्रा; born October 9, 1974) is an Indian American administrator who served as the first chief information officer of the United States from March, 2009 to August, 2011 under President Barack Obama. He is currently the Executive Vice President of Emerging Markets for Salesforce.com and a visiting Fellow at Harvard University.
He previously served in D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty's cabinet as the District's Chief Technology Officer and in Virginia Governor Tim Kaine's cabinet as Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Technology.
Kundra was born in New Delhi, India, on October 9, 1974. He moved to Tanzania with his family at the age of one, when his father joined a group of professors and teachers to provide education to local residents. Kundra learned Swahili as his first language, in addition to Hindi and English. His family moved to the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area when he was eleven.
Kundra attended college at the University of Maryland, College Park where he received a degree in Psychology. He earned a master's degree in Information Technology, from University of Maryland University College. Additionally, he is a graduate of the University of Virginia's Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership.
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