Jim Rinaldi

James Rinaldi is JPL's Chief Information Technology Advisor to the Office of the Director. He was the JPL CIO until October 2019, where he stepped out after 14 years. His current role is to create a future IT vision and strategy for the Lab looking out to 2025 and beyond. As CIO, James had direct management responsibility over JPL's Information Technology Directorate. Works closely with JPL management, supporting end-users of the engineering, interplanetary network and finance/business operations. James sat on the JPL Executive Council and various management councils. He developed the IT strategy, budgets and executed major IT contracts. He actively participated in NASA IT governance councils. Early career roles include CIO at U.S. FDA, CIO at the IRS.