Richard A. Spires

Mr. Spires is the CEO of Learning Tree International, a leading provider of IT training to business and government organizations worldwide. Prior to joining Learning Tree International, Mr. Sprires served as the CEO of Resilient Network Systems, a San Francisco-based software firm that provides the Trust Network platform to bring trust to the cloud and the Internet of Things. Mr. Spires was appointed and served as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Chief Information Officer from 2009 till 2013. He also served as the Vice-Chairman of the Federal Government CIO Council and the Co-Chairman of the Committee for National Security Systems (CNSS), the committee that sets standards for the U.S. Government’s classified systems. Mr. Spires held a number of positions at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from 2004 through 2008 including the Deputy Commissioner for Operations Support, having overall responsibility for the key support and administrative functions for the IRS and the IRS’s CIO, with overall strategic and operational responsibility for a $2 billion budget and a 7,000-person organization. From 2000 through 2003, Spires served as President, Chief Operating Officer, and Director of Mantas, Inc., a software company that provides business intelligence solutions to the financial services industry. Prior to Mantas, he spent more than 16 years serving in a number of technical and managerial positions at SRA International. Mr. Spires received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a B.A. in Mathematical Sciences from the University of Cincinnati. He also holds an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from George Washington University.