Mr. Jerry Horton joined the United States Agency for International Development on February 15, 2009, as the Chief Information Officer. He has over 15 years of experience with Information Technology Groups from a wide variety of industries.

At the U.S. Mint, he held VP and Director roles with several e-Business and manufacturing startups leading Information Technology, Technology Operations, and Business Operations organizations.

Prior to those roles, Jerry served as Director of IT for VTEL, Manager of Site Networks and Computing for Motorola in Austin, Texas and IT Manager for two supercomputer manufacturers (nCUBE and CRAY Computer.) He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Colorado.