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Chief Data Officer: Ken Pfeil

Chief Data Officer, Ken Pfeil, wear a suit in his headshot in front of Virginia State Flag

About Ken Pfeil

Ken is a security and finance industry veteran, formerly serving as VP and Managing Director of Data Protection and Governance at OneMain Financial. Prior to OneMain, he served as Chief Security Officer for TechDemocracy LLC, MFS Investments, and before served as CISO for Pioneer Global Asset Management SpA (Including Pioneer Investments and all operating subsidiaries in 26 countries).

Ken’s Information Technology and Security experience spans over three decades, with strategic, technical, and executive experience at companies such as Microsoft, Dell, Capital IQ, Miradiant Global Network, Avaya, and Merrill Lynch. Ken coauthored Microsoft's “Best Practices for Enterprise Security” white papers and participated on the Information Systems Security Association's International Privacy Advisory Board covering the initial implementation of GLBA. He reported on security risks and performed vulnerability analysis for Windows IT Pro Magazine’s “Security Administrator” publication for four years, and has been a contributing expert for Information Security, CIO and CSO Magazines, and is a Distinguished Fellow of the Ponemon Institute.

Email: ken.pfeil@odga.virginia.gov

Deputy Chief Data Officer: Marcus Thornton

Marcus Thornton, Deputy Chief Data Officers, wears a suit in his headshot and sits in front of the Virginia Flag

About Marcus Thornton

Marcus Thornton serves as the Deputy Chief Data Officer (CDO) for the Commonwealth and is from Danville, Virginia. He has worked in software engineering for the last 20 years. Before becoming the Deputy CDO, he worked for a data company that specializes in the collection of retail pricing data across all of North America. As the Deputy CDO, he serves as the Chief Operating Officer to the Chief Data Officer and the CDO’s technical adviser. He creates new partnerships between the Office of Data Governance and Analytics and Commonwealth agencies and shows them how sharing data across the Commonwealth can be leveraged to make more informed decisions and increase their own efficiencies.

Email: marcus.thornton@odga.virginia.gov

Director of Data Protection and Governance
Chris Burroughs
chris.burroughs@odga.virginia.gov

IT Purchasing Analyst
Anthony Dib
Anthony.dib@odga.virginia.gov

Acting Director of Communications
Jessi Bailey
jessi.bailey@odga.virginia.gov

Director of IT
Chris Wooten
chris.wooten@odga.virginia.gov