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Munsell Adds Chief AI Officer To Job Portfolio At NGA

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, October 30th, 2024

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Munsell Adds Chief AI Officer To Job Portfolio At NGA

Mark Munsell, NGA Chief AI Officer and Director, Data & Digital Innovation. Photo: NGA

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) this week named Mark Munsell as its new Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer (CAIO), adding to his duties, formalizing the position, and elevating it to the senior levels of the organization. Munsell, who is also the director of NGA’s Data and Digital Innovation Directorate, will ensure the agency is sharing best practices and not duplicating efforts around AI, establish governance around the use of AI, ensure the agency’s work aligns with guidance from the Defense Department…

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