Doug McGovern

"My career began working for the Navy in Submarine Special Projects...one thing led to another and I ended up jumping from 'innerspace'  to 'outerspace' vehicles in the IC."

"Although I've made the transition from Government to Private Sector service, my day starts like every day, looking for ways to help serve and protect this great country we live in. While the COVID period has certainly affected the logistics of going into the office every day, I am still invigorated by the challenging work and passionate team members that constantly call us to think, innovate and collaborate in our IC mission."

"I think there continues to be tremendous opportunity to keep the IC at least two steps ahead of our adversaries...our ability to extend technology or simply innovate towards solutions that provide the IC advantage has been in our DNA for decades, and it is still there today."

"Although COVID will dominate the headlines, I think the toughest issue we face and will face going forward is "Trust"...how do we come to trust data in the era of fake news, trusting the workforce based on recent insider threat compromises, trusting the machines when AI solutions can be manipulated. The voracity of our environment is subject to questioning more than ever, so the who, what, where, why, when and how we build and sustain trust with ourselves and our customers is going to be a tremendous challenge."

Favorite Book this year: Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War by Robert Gates