Jeffrey “Jeff” Seaton is NASA’s Chief Information Officer. Seaton was named CIO in January 2021. Prior to his appointment as NASA’s CIO, Seaton served as acting CIO since May 2020 and as deputy CIO before that. Seaton supported the leadership and integration of NASA corporate and mission critical IT functions and capabilities and oversaw NASA’s annual information technology (IT) spending of more than $2 billion. He collaboratively provided oversight for agency wide, mission-enabling functions related to IT investments, modernization efforts, cybersecurity and the delivery of enterprise-wide IT and information solutions.
From 2011 to 2018, Seaton served as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) at NASA’s Langley Research Center. During that time, he led transformative change efforts in both the Langley and CIO enterprise across the Agency to increase effectiveness, and accountability of the services provided by the organization.
