U.S. Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel will host a lecture at noon Monday in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union.

VanRoekel is the second chief information officer of the United States and is also an alumnus of Iowa State. Before he worked in his position at the White House, he worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development. He worked for USAID as managing director of the Federal Communications Commission and also worked in the private sector at Microsoft Corporation.

According to the official chief information officer’s website, while at the FCC, VanRoekel “oversaw all operational, technical, financial, and human resource aspects of the agency. He also led the FCC’s efforts to introduce new technology and social media into the agency.”

VanRoekel was appointed to be the chief information officer by President Barack Obama on Aug. 5, 2011. According to the CIO website, VanRoekel’s job is to “monitor the year-to-year performance improvement of federal government programs; attract and retain a high-performance IT workforce; optimize federal government information resources and investments; align IT solutions with federal enterprise business processes; adopt and share best IT management practices and manage risk and ensure privacy and security.”

From 1994 to 2009, VanRoekel worked at Microsoft Corporation. Most recently at Microsoft, he worked as a senior director in the Windows Server and Tools Division.

VanRoekel earned his degree at Iowa State in management of information systems.

A reception will precede the lecture at 11:30 a.m. There is no cost to attend.