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Ann Dunkin is the CEO of Dunkin Global Advisors, Inc. She provides strategic business advice to
companies of all sizes. She also serves on the advisory boards for Bowtie Security, Openpolicy and
CrowdGenAI. Before launching Dunkin Global Advisors, Ann served as Chief Information Officer at
the U.S. Department of Energy, where she managed the Department’s information technology
(IT) portfolio and modernization; oversaw the Department’s cybersecurity efforts; led technology
innovation and digital transformation; and enabled collaboration across the Department. She
served in the Obama Administration as CIO of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Prior
roles include Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, Dell Technologies; CIO, County of Santa Clara,
CA; CTO, Palo Alto Unified School District, California; and various leadership roles at Hewlett
Packard focused on engineering, research and development, IT, manufacturing engineering,
software quality, and operations.
Ann is a published author, most recently of the book Industrial Digital Transformation, and a
frequent speaker on topics such as government technology modernization, digital
transformation, and organizational development. Ann was recently named to the Forbes CIO
Next list 2024. She also received the 2024 Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering (IISE)
Captains of Industry Award and the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology’s 2024
Pinnacle Award. She has been given a range of previous awards, including a 2024 Fed 100
Award, the 2022 Capital CIO Large Enterprise ORBIE Award, DC’s Top 50 Women in Technology
for 2015 and 2016, ComputerWorld’s Premier 100 Technology Leaders for 2016, StateScoop’s
Top 50 Women in Technology list for 2017, FedScoop’s Golden Gov Executive of the Year in
2016, 2021, 2022, 2023,and 2024 and FedScoop’s Best Bosses in Federal IT 2022. She was also
named to Washington Exec’s Ones to Watch list for 2023.
Ann holds a Master of Science degree and a Bachelor of Industrial Engineering degree, both from
the Georgia Institute of Technology. She is a licensed professional engineer in the states of
California and Washington and an IISE Fellow. In 2018, she was inducted into Georgia Tech’s
Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni and in 2024 she was named to the inaugural list of
“Women at Georgia Tech.
companies of all sizes. She also serves on the advisory boards for Bowtie Security, Openpolicy and
CrowdGenAI. Before launching Dunkin Global Advisors, Ann served as Chief Information Officer at
the U.S. Department of Energy, where she managed the Department’s information technology
(IT) portfolio and modernization; oversaw the Department’s cybersecurity efforts; led technology
innovation and digital transformation; and enabled collaboration across the Department. She
served in the Obama Administration as CIO of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Prior
roles include Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, Dell Technologies; CIO, County of Santa Clara,
CA; CTO, Palo Alto Unified School District, California; and various leadership roles at Hewlett
Packard focused on engineering, research and development, IT, manufacturing engineering,
software quality, and operations.
Ann is a published author, most recently of the book Industrial Digital Transformation, and a
frequent speaker on topics such as government technology modernization, digital
transformation, and organizational development. Ann was recently named to the Forbes CIO
Next list 2024. She also received the 2024 Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering (IISE)
Captains of Industry Award and the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology’s 2024
Pinnacle Award. She has been given a range of previous awards, including a 2024 Fed 100
Award, the 2022 Capital CIO Large Enterprise ORBIE Award, DC’s Top 50 Women in Technology
for 2015 and 2016, ComputerWorld’s Premier 100 Technology Leaders for 2016, StateScoop’s
Top 50 Women in Technology list for 2017, FedScoop’s Golden Gov Executive of the Year in
2016, 2021, 2022, 2023,and 2024 and FedScoop’s Best Bosses in Federal IT 2022. She was also
named to Washington Exec’s Ones to Watch list for 2023.
Ann holds a Master of Science degree and a Bachelor of Industrial Engineering degree, both from
the Georgia Institute of Technology. She is a licensed professional engineer in the states of
California and Washington and an IISE Fellow. In 2018, she was inducted into Georgia Tech’s
Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni and in 2024 she was named to the inaugural list of
“Women at Georgia Tech.