Jim Whitehead

Background

About Jim Whitehead

Ennis C.(Jim) Whitehead Jim Whitehead is the Deputy Director for Enterprise Engineering in the Information Technology Services Directorate at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). Prior to his current position, he was Deputy Director for Data Center Services, responsible for NGA’s Cloud Computing operations supporting the analysis of geospatial intelligence. Earlier he was responsible for NGA's world-wide Information Technology infrastructure that supports the Agency’s external operations. A retired Brigadier General in the Army Reserve with service in Iraq, BG (Ret.) Whitehead has over 20 years experience in the private sector developing new IT businesses, including as Vice President of Advanced Services for Charter Communications, as well as Senior Manager for Data Services at BellSouth Communications, now AT & T, and Optus Communications in Australia, where he helped stand up a brand new national telephone company. He is also a member of the Defense Acquisition Corps and received his PhD in Systems Engineering at the George Washington University. Dr. Whitehead has a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from West Point, a Masters degree in Systems Engineering from the George Washington University, a Masters degree in Strategic Studies from the Army War College and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.