Dr. Jeff Pon is the U.S. Department of Energy’s Chief Human Capital Officer (CHCO), a position to which he was appointed on January 9, 2006.  As the Department’s CHCO, Dr. Pon serves as the Secretary's principal advisor and policy maker on all matters relating to the design and execution of human capital strategy and is the senior DOE official accountable for acquiring and developing a high quality workforce within the Department.

Prior to assuming  his current position, Dr. Pon served as the U.S. Office of Personnel Management’s E-Government Deputy Director, leading the Government-wide effort to implement the five E-Government initiatives and the Human Resource Line of Business.  OMB designated the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) as the managing partner for these efforts. These human resource information technology initiatives support the selection and development of human capital across Government. Additionally, they support a government worker’s life cycle, including retirement and re-entry into the Federal workforce.

Dr. Pon has extensive experience in the human resources, information systems and developing organizational infrastructure responsible for delivering quality services and solutions to commercial and government clients. Most recently, Dr. Pon was Director of Brandsoft, a leader in software solutions for enterprise management, where he was responsible for developing business strategies and managing the delivery of professional services to major commercial clients. Prior to this, he was the Corporate Organizational Development Consultant at Seagate Technology, the largest hard-drive manufacturing business in the world, and largest public company to go from publicly offered, to privately held, back to publicly offered in a matter of 18 months.  While there Dr. Pon helped develop and implement large scale operations and financial systems integration.

Dr. Pon was the head of human resources for a global company, company president of a technology organization and formed executive boards and also sat on several boards in the commercial sector.

He is a graduate of the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Human Factors, and the California School of Professional Psychology with a Masters of Science and Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial-Organizational Psychology.  Dr. Pon and his familiy currently live in Ashburn, Virginia.

Last Reviewed: 6/30/2008