John Zangardi

John Zangardi is an executive with over three decades of experience as a leader in transforming and implementing information technology, and strengthening business initiatives and partnerships. As the President of Redhorse, John is responsible for streamlining daily operations for efficiency and growth. He is creating a path to center Redhorse as an industry leader in information technology and digital and data services. He also serves on the Board of Directors at Qualys and Symetrica. Previously, John worked at Leidos as a senior vice president responsible for business initiatives and strategic partnerships on key strategic areas such as digital transformation, security products/services, and logistics.

John has a track record of implementing information technology efficiently across his time in government service. His distinguished career includes Chief Information Officer for the Department of Homeland Security, where John led multiple initiatives to implement cybersecurity technology, cloud computing, and data analytics, and identity management and telecommunications. His work for DHS garnered recognition by Federal Computer Week for his work in transforming DHS into, “one of the federal government’s top IT performers.”

Prior to his appointment as CIO of DHS, John was the Acting CIO at the Department of Defense (DoD) – a position he assumed from his role as Principal Deputy Chief Information Officer. During this time, John represented the Department at NATO’s C3 Board. He previously served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Information Operations, and Space, the Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer, and Director of Program Integration on the staff of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare. John began his time in government service in the US Navy as a Naval Flight Officer where he served in various staff and command assignments.

A native of Scranton, Pa., he graduated from the University of Scranton. He earned a Master of Science degree from the Naval Postgraduate School and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from George Mason University, where his dissertation topic was the regulation of Top-Level Domain Names.