Indian-origin man appointed as CIA's first Chief Technology Officer

NEW YORK: Indian-origin man Nand Mulchandani has been appointed as the first Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the CIA, the US intelligence agency. CIA Director William J. Burns made the announcement.

Nand Mulchandani completed his primary education at the Bluebells International School, Delhi and his higher education at Harvard, Stanford and Cornell Universities in the United States.

Mulchandani served as the CTO and Acting Director of DoD’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center. He has over 25 years of experience in the U.S. Department of Defense and other top agencies. He was the CEO of startups such as Oblix, Determina and ScaleXtreme.