Career Conversations w/ Amelie Koran, Department of Health and Human Services

Join us at our next Career Conversations session. We'll discuss topics such as: what made them decide on IT or Cyber Security, what were some of their work/life challenges, and what skills and education do they see as essential to success? Amélie E. Koran serves as the Deputy Chief Information Officer for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General. Amélie comes to DHHS OIG via a rather circuitous route through multiple industry sectors, academia, and the public sector including The Walt Disney Company, Carnegie Mellon University CERT/CC, Mandiant, The World Bank and The American Chemical Society. Her public sector experience started as Lead Enterprise Security Architect for the U.S. Department of the Interior, the U.S. Treasury Department leading the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation implementation across the entire agency and a leadership development rotation as part of the President’s Management Council Fellowship serving the Federal CIO in supporting cybersecurity policy analysis and legislative review, including stewardship of the Open Data Initiative and help in giving “birth” to the United States Digital Service (USDS). She’s an ardent advocate for new approaches to hiring talent into and rational applications of security strategy and technologies for the Federal government space. Twitter: @webjedi