Jason Duke, CDO, US Fish & Wildlife Service
Jason Duke became the Chief Data Officer for the US Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) in 2018 after serving as a Regional Geographic Information Systems Coordinator and an IT Specialist with the USFWS since 1993. Jason started his Federal career with the US Geological Survey in 1990, working in Geographic Information Systems. Jason has been collecting and analyzing data on a daily work basis since 1990.
Jason completed his BS in Management Information Systems and an MBA in Information Systems from Tennessee Tech University. He later completed a Master’s in Information Quality and a PhD in Computer and Information Sciences from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Jason firmly believes in industry certifications and holds a CISSP, CISA, CRISC, CDPSE, CISM, CGEIT, Data+, Security+, Network+, A+, and GISP certification.
Achieving excellence in the collection, cataloging, retrieval, analysis, and preserving data are the primary drivers of his tenure as Chief Data Officer. Jason focuses on ensuring that data collected by US Fish & Wildlife Service staff should be accessible to all staff and that no data should be orphaned or lost when employees retire or change careers. Data should be accessible and properly documented to be shared among staff and with the American public. Jason is responsible for Enterprise Data Management and chairs the Data Governance Board for the USFWS.
Jason taught Geographic Information Systems courses for 27 years at Tennessee Tech University and is a Global Editorial Board Member with CDO Magazine. Jason does not seem to believe in downtime and is an avid private pilot and chair of the local airport authority in Livingston, TN, restores Ford Mustangs and log cabins and travels the world as much as possible.
