Ms. Sylvia Burns is the Chief Information Officer for Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and also serves as the Co-chair of the Services, Strategy, and Infrastructure Committee of the Federal CIO Council. Join Ms. Burns to learn more about the work of the Federal CIO Council, specifically in the subject areas that relate to Acquisition and Program Management. She will discuss the policies and initiatives that the Services, Strategy, and Infrastructure committee focuses on today and how this impacts Cost Analysts, Program Managers, and IT Analysts.
Sylvia Burns was appointed Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Chief Privacy Officer (CPO) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) on January 16, 2020.
Mrs. Burns joined the FDIC in September 2018 and led the implementation of the agency's five-year IT Modernization Plan and Roadmap. Prior to joining the FDIC, Mrs. Burns served as CIO at the U.S. Department of the Interior where she successfully led the Office of the Chief Information Officer through a comprehensive reorganization that significantly improved the delivery of IT services.
Mrs. Burns has been recognized as one of the top CIO’s in the Federal Government (2021), top women in technology in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area by FedScoop, and among the FedScoop 50 top federal leaders in 2016. Mrs. Burns holds a Bachelor of Arts in Curriculum and Geology from City University of New York at Hunter College and a Master of Science in Business Management and Policy from State University of New York at Stony Brook. She also holds a graduate certificate in Project Management from George Washington University.