David Markowitz

David Markowitz, Ph.D., assumed his present position as the U.S Army’s Chief Data Officer and Chief Analytics Officer in October 2020. In this role, acts as the principal advisor to the CIO and other Army senior leaders on data and data analytics strategy. His prior assignment was the Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8, where his principal duties included responsibility for Army Programs, Force Development, Business Mission Area Data, Army Studies Management, and the Center for Army Analysis. Markowitz also served as the US Army’s Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, a role in which his principal duties included formulating and executing Army-wide operational policy, and providing strategic direction on Army strategy and plans, force management, and operations. Prior to joining Headquarters, Department of the Army staff, Markowitz served in positions with Department of State, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Office of Weapons Proliferation; the Army Research, Development and Engineering Center; and the Sloan School of Management at MIT.