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About Me

Agency/Company/Association:

Treasury

Title:

CIO, Special Inspector General for TARP

Sector:

Public Sector

About Me:

AJ Germek is the Assistant Deputy Inspector General and CIO for Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Assets Relief Program (SIGTARP) responsible for the IT infrastructure, mission-systems and operations. He was also the Acting CFO, preparing the budget plan and securing funding for the years following inception. Prior to the Treasury Department assignment, he was the Deputy Chief Technology Officer for the Department of Transportation (DOT) and served as the Acting CTO. In that role, he evaluated emerging technologies such as Web 2.0, managed services and developed a risk management plan and strategy for information security. He also developed a data center a methodology to evaluate the security and efficiency of the Department’s numerous data centers. In his prior position, he worked for the DOT’s National Highway Transportation and Safety Administration where he developed the IT strategic plan and modernization blueprint.

Mr. Germek also has an extensive career in industry as Chief Operating Officer for GuideComm, a systems integrations company in the telecommunications industry, as Vice President of Strategic Planning and Marketing for Objective Systems Integrators, a software development company for network management, as Vice President of Business Development for Fidelity Investments, as Chief Financial Officer for Bell Atlantic Mobile Systems, as Controller for AT&T’s Advanced Mobile Phone Service and as a Consultant for Price Waterhouse Coopers.

Mr. Germek holds a Masters Degree in Finance from Case Western Reserve University, a Bachelors Degree in Liberal Art from Cornell University and earned his CPA in Massachusetts.