Mr. Clift is the Census Bureau’s Chief Risk Management Officer. He has served in this position for nine years and has 28 years of Federal Government experience. He is responsible for the development, implementation, and management of enterprise investment and risk management frameworks to review, authorize, and monitor the Census Bureau’s portfolio of investments. Specific duties include enterprise governance for portfolio and enterprise risk management, program and project management, and business procesas management. Mr. Clift has served in several capacities at the Census Bureau, including Chief of the Acquisitions Division, the Assistant Associate Director for Information Technology, and Chief of the Decennial Automation Contracts Management Office. His prior federal experience includes the Naval Sea Systems Command, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Mr. Clift has a BS in Business Administration from the University of Mary Washington and a MS in Information Systems from the George Washington University. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and Balanced Scorecard Professional (BSC).
