DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
EILEEN VIDRINE TITLE : CHIEF DATA OFFICER INDUSTRY : MILITARY LOCATION : UNITED STATES
Eileen M . Vidrine is the Air Force
Chief Data Officer , Headquarters , U . S . Air Force , Arlington , Virginia . She develops and implements strategies for enterprise data management , analytics and digital transformation to optimise performance and drive out innovation in and across all missions and operations .
Ms . Vidrine began her government career in 1986 as an enlisted member of the U . S . Army and was commissioned in 1987 through the U . S . Army Officer Candidate School Program as a U . S . Army Transportation Officer . Later in her Army career , she was selected and integrated into the U . S . Army Acquisition Corps . She began her civilian career as a senior faculty member at the Joint Military Intelligence College and led the college ’ s technology transformation as the first Director for the Center for Educational Technologies .