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Mike Golden

Assistant Administrator for Operational Process and Technology/Chief Information Officer/Chief Technology Officer

Mike Golden is TSA’s Assistant Administrator, Operational Process and Technology. In this role, he serves as the agency’s Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer overseeing the delivery of IT products and services that support the mission and business IT requirements for every office throughout TSA and the implementation and development of security technologies across several modes of transportation.

Golden has a proven track record of deploying practical technology security measures that can be quickly implemented, and several of the checkpoint improvements he brought forward after 9/11 are in broad use today.

In December 2006, Golden joined TSA from Southwest Airlines, where he most recently served as senior director of Airport Security Technologies. In his 20-plus years at Southwest, he started the airline’s Technical Services Department, created its first centralized purchasing system and created the carrier’s Airport Security Technology department.

He is well-known in the industry and has participated on several government committees and panels, including TSA’s Scientific Advisory Panel and Bag Screening Investment Study. He also has worked with the departments of Defense and Energy on cargo and port security technologies.