Kshemendra Paul was appointed Executive Director for Data Governance and Analytics in the Office of Enterprise Integration on September 16, 2019. He serves as VA’s Chief Data Officer and is responsible for leading data governance, data analytics, and business intelligence capabilities to inform VA-wide decision making and providing an authoritative clearinghouse for the collection, analysis and dissemination of information about Veterans and VA programs.

Prior to this appointment, Mr. Paul served as the Cloud Action Officer for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and helped coordinate efforts to migrate information technology assets to cloud management platforms and optimize data centers. He also served as the Information Sharing and Services Office Deputy Director for Mission and Strategy within DHS’s Office of the Chief Information Officer.