Brian Epley serves as the U.S. Department of Commerce Chief Information Officer. Brian is a seasoned leader with more than 25 years’ experience across public and private sectors. Throughout his career he has distinguished himself as an entrepreneur and innovative change leader with the unique ability to deliver strategic value-add outcomes.
Brian previously served the U.S. Department of Energy as the Principal Deputy Chief Information Officer (2022-24), where he led the Office of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and assisted the CIO in the formation of the office’s strategic direction for the protection and modernization of IT, cybersecurity, data usage, and digitization to serve the Department’s mission.
Brian previously served in key executive leadership positions with the Environmental Protection Agency (2016-22) including Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator, Deputy CIO, and Chief Technology Officer for the Office of Environmental Information. Prior federal and state government roles include:
- Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 Technical Director for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Information and Technology, and
- IT Services Director serving the Commonwealth of Virginia Office of the Governor [for 3 terms], and the Virginia Information Technologies Agency.
Brian also held various leadership roles in the private sector at the Computer Science Company, Northrop Grumman, North Highland Worldwide Consulting, and as the founding President of Inter Solve-IT focused on enterprise transformation, research and development, IT, and enterprise operations. Brian’s experience spans the Healthcare, Hospitality, Retail, and Transportation industries.
Brian previously served on the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Business Society Board of Directors and Virginia State University IT Advisory Council Board of Directors. Brian received the Department of Veterans Affairs honor award for, “Getting to Green” on the President’s Management Agenda of Human Capital and the “Top 40 Under 40 Award” for service in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Brian holds a Master of Business Administration degree in International Business and a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Information Systems, from the Virginia Commonwealth University. Brian was also selected and worked as a Ph.D. candidate, Information Security Assurance at George Mason University’s Volgenau School of Engineering and Computing.