DOT 19-03
Contact: Bill Mosley
Tel.: (202) 366-5571
Friday, March 7, 2003
Matthews
Named DOT Chief Information Officer
U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta today announced the
appointment of Daniel P. Matthews as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the
U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).
As CIO, Matthews will serve as the principal advisor to the Secretary on
matters involving information resources and information services management, and
provide leadership in using information technology to achieve the department’s
goals and objectives.
“Dan’s more than 30 years of experience in information technology
will be invaluable to the department as we continue to enhance the efficiency
and security of our information systems,” Secretary Mineta said.
“I welcome him to our team.”
Matthews comes to DOT from Savantage Financial Services, where he had
served as Senior Vice President since July 2000 and was responsible for efforts
to modernize the financial management systems of a number of federal agencies.
He spent most of the previous 22 years at Lockheed Martin and its
predecessor Martin Marietta, most recently as Vice President where he led 1200
employees in all aspects of the company’s information technology efforts as
well as its business development activities.
He previously served as the company’s Director of Advanced Marketing,
director of its Dayton, OH, operations, and as a project manager.
He also was Vice President at BDM/TRW between 1994 and 1998, where he
developed new business for the company’s unit working with federal agencies.
He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1971 to 1975, where he worked in
logistics and computers, and afterward worked as a computer programmer in the
private sector.
Matthews earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Kent College in
Mandeville, LA, in 1991, and a Master of Science in business administration from
Strayer College, Washington, DC, in 1996. He
also completed a 20-week course in defense systems acquisition at Defense
Systems Management College, Fort Belvoir, VA, in 1991.
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