The Department of Defense is proud to announce Sharothi P. (Pikar) will be joining the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) as our first Deputy CDAO, Acquisitions! As Deputy CDAO, Acquisitions, Pikar’s primary role will be leading the development, procurement, and acquisition of capabilities with our academic and industry partners. We look forward to the insights and experience your extensive background in acquisitions, research, engineering, and cyberspace operations bring! John Sherman, DoD Chief Information Officer and Acting CDAO notes, “Sharothi is perfect for the role, bringing her knowledge and expertise in acquiring new technologies for the Department and coming into a team already working innovative and exciting contract vehicles here at CDAO. Her hire along with the rest of our leadership really highlights the importance of CDAO. We are recruiting top level talent from all over. They know our mission is the future!” Welcome to the team; we are excited to have you! For other news and updates about the JAIC, follow us at: ai.mil
Best Wishes Sharothi!!
Congratulations, Sharothi!
Congratulations Sharothi. Wishing you much success in your new role.
Congrats!!
Congratulations, Sharothi, you'll be great.
This is awesome! Congrats Sharothi!
So awesome Sharothi!! Best wishes to you. It was a true honor to have worked with you.
Congratulations Ms. P - We will miss you, it’s been great working with you these past 3yrs! Wishing you much success!
Great talk on cyber and acquisition at the Defense Strategies Institute Information Warfare Summit last week.
Agile Master, AI/ML/ZTA Public Private Partnership
2ySharothi P. Look forward to supporting CDAO and its IT Reforms.