Mr. Nitin Pradhan has 25+ years of experience at the CXO level in government, education, and private industry in areas including technology, innovation, strategy, and transformation. He is a visionary, business strategist, thought leader, coalition builder, technology innovator, and change agent. He has served as a senior federal growth advisor to Zoom and New Relic, both now public companies.
Obama-Biden Administration Appointee:
Nitin was a first-term Obama-Biden administration appointee and the award-winning, nationally recognized federal CIO for the US Department of Transportation (US DOT) where he provided IT leadership, vision, strategy, policy, and oversight for US DOT’s more than $3.5 billion annual IT portfolio and for over 3,000 IT employees, 10,000 contractors, and over 200 major transportation technology systems -- the 6th largest in the federal government.
Post Obama-Biden Administration Career:
Nitin is the founder and CEO of ScaleUP USA, a transformative program to scale up careers, companies, communities, and competitiveness in the US federal marketplace. Nitin advises startups and businesses on how to grow in the $10T federal government marketplace. You can contact Nitin through his Linkedin profile.
Nitin was also the founder of GOVonomy, a "Transformation as a Service" for government and government contractors. He was a mentor at Mach 37, the premium cybersecurity accelerator in Washington DC, USA, and a Board Member at Skilled Proofed and American Innovation Council.
Pre Obama-Biden Administration Career:
Earlier, Nitin was the IT Executive at Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS), the 10th largest, premium, school district in the USA. Nitin has also been the Managing Director of Virginia’s Center for Innovative Technology (CIT), which was focused on technology-based economic development, industry creation, building R&D infrastructure at universities, and business growth.
Awards and Recognitions:
Nitin has been a keynote speaker and author for major conferences and tech publications. Nitin has a BS in engineering, MBA in marketing, and MS in accounting. During his career, Nitin has won many national awards including:
- WHITE HOUSE "OPEN GOVERNMENT LEADING PRACTICES AWARDS"
- CIO MAGAZINE "CIO 100 AWARD"
- COMPUTERWORLD “PREMIER 100 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT" AWARD
- INFORMATION WEEK “THE GOVERNMENT TOP CIO 50: DRIVING CHANGE”
- GOVTEK AWARD FOR "EXCELLENCE IN OMB's IT REFORMS"
- INFORMATION WEEK'S "500 IT INNOVATORS AWARDS"
- AFFIRM ASSOCIATION’S "LEADERSHIP AWARD"
