Associate Chief Information Officer
Policy and Directives (PD)

Richard Coffee serves as the Acting Associate Chief Information Officer for Cyber Policy and Oversight as of February 2011. Mr. Coffee is responsible for providing executive leadership and strategic direction for Cyber security policy, FISMA security compliance, security training and awareness, systems certification and accreditation, the Center of Excellence program (CoE) and the Information Security Intern Program.

Mr. Coffee joined OCIO in April 2009 and served as the Senior Advisor to the Deputy Chief Information Officer providing senior level support in the coordination efforts of OCIO policy oversight and operations including; enterprise architecture, IT governance processes, cyber security and privacy; data center and telecommunication operations, and IT infrastructure support. Mr. Coffee also served as the Acting Deputy Chief Information Officer for Technology Planning, Architecture and E-Government supporting the execution of an IT portfolio of over 45 major and 219 non-major system investments totaling approximately $2.6 billion.

Before joining USDA OCIO leadership team, Mr. Coffee served 10 years at the Small Business Administration as the Chief Enterprise Architect where he provided leadership and executive strategic direction for the SBA Architecture development supporting a $90 million IT investments portfolio and a $75 billion active loans and grants portfolio. Prior to his tenure at the SBA, Mr. Coffee served 10 years in the legislative branch of the federal government with the United States Senate Computer Center as a systems engineer responsible for converting 100 Senator’s offices and 32 Senate Committees from proprietary mini-computer office automation systems to non-proprietary Local Area Network (LAN) based office automation systems. He also led the implementation of the U. S. Senate’s first computer–telephony integrated helpdesk system.

Mr. Coffee received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Information Technology Management and an Associate of Arts degree in Computer Programming from Strayer University. Mr. Coffee is currently pursuing a graduate certification in Cyber Security Policy at the University of Maryland University College.