David Recordon

David Recordon (born September 4, 1986, in Portland, Oregon) is a technologist with an open standards and open source background[1] currently residing in San Francisco working as the Vice President of Infrastructure and Security at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. On March 19, 2015, he was appointed to the newly created role of Director of White House Information Technology by U.S. President Barack Obama.[2] Through this role, he drove major technology modernization efforts touching nearly every aspect of the White House.[3]

David Recordon
Director of Technology
Assumed office
January 20, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byPosition created
Personal details
Born (1986-09-04) September 4, 1986
USA
OccupationFormer Special Assistant to the President and Director of White House Information Technology (White House)

Recordon was formerly employed as an Open Platforms Tech Lead at blogging company Six Apart and more recently as a Facebook Engineering Director.[4]

Recordon is best known for his involvement in the development and popularization of OpenID and OAuth.[5]

In 2007, Recordon became the youngest recipient of the Google-O'Reilly Open Source Award.[4][6]

On January 5th 2021, Recordon was named as the Director of Technology in the Office of Management and Administration for the incoming administration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. He had been serving as the Chief Technology Officer for the Biden-Harris Transition team.[7]

References
  1. O'Dell, J. "Facebook opens up about open-source software". Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  2. Breckenridge, Anita. "President Obama Names David Recordon as Director of White House Information Technology". Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  3. Shear, Michael. "Technology Upgrades Get White House Out of the 20th Century". Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  4. David Recordon - Person President and Director @ Open Web Foundation. CrunchBase. Retrieved on 2014-05-23.
  5. Hammer, Eran. "History". Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  6. "Google-O'Reilly Open Source Awards - Hall of Fame". Retrieved 2011-09-17.
  7. "President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris Announce Additional Members of White House Staff". buildbackbetter.gov. 2021-01-05. Retrieved 2021-01-06.


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