Joseph Chen

Joseph Chen joined ZRA in April 2010 and currently serves as a Vice President and Chief Security Officer. Mr. Chen manages most of the Analytics and End User tasks for Sandia National Laboratories, and oversees all facility and personnel security-related activities for ZRA. Most recently, he served as an integral member of the Director of Budget and Finance and the Chief of Acquisitions. Mr. Chen has taken a significant role in the development and implementation of new policies, procedures, processes, tools, and reports for budget, finance, procurement, performance metrics, and strategic planning. He also provided technical support, guidance, and analysis to key decision-makers at NCSD with program development, governmental resource controlling and reporting responsibilities.

Prior to accepting this position, Mr. Chen served in several analyst roles within the National Cyber Security Division. Previous to this, Mr. Chen worked as an Assistant Manager at Coach, Inc., a luxury American leather goods company.

Joseph Chen graduated from the University of Maryland in 2007 with a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering.