Last week U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education Cindy Marten issued a statement on the selection of Luis R. Lopez as Chief Information Officer at the U.S. Department of Education.
Lopez joined the Department of Education (ED) in 2017 to serve as chief of operational services in the Enterprise Technology Services (ETS) Division within the Office of the Chief Information Officer. In 2019, he was selected into the federal senior executive service (SES) and appointed as the ETS director.
Throughout his tenure at ED, he has led the transformation from a legacy IT service delivery to a model that modernized infrastructure, end user computing and software upgrades that positioned the department for a remote and hybrid workforce. As director of ETS, Lopez served as a principal advisor to the CIO with respect to IT engineering and operational functions supporting the CIO’s efforts in overseeing the department’s billion-dollar portfolio.
“I am very pleased to congratulate Luis R. Lopez on his appointment as Chief Information Officer at the U.S. Department of Education,” Marten said in a statement. “He brings deep experience and proven skill in delivering information technology services in large and complex government organizations. In his most recent role within the U.S. Department of Education, he helped modernize our infrastructure and position us to move seamlessly to a remote and hybrid workforce. Making sure we continue to manage and adapt our information technology effectively is absolutely vital to our work of serving our nation’s schools, students, and families, and I’m looking forward to working together with Luis as he takes on this crucial role.”
Prior to ED, Lopez has served in various leadership roles including chief engineer at the Defense Health Agency and chief of operations at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. He was also charged with leading IT transitions and consolidation efforts within military medicine and had responsibility for the technical and organizational integration of Army, Navy, Air Force and Tricare Management Activity into a single common enterprise for the 220,000 personnel of the Military Health System.
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