Anthony Cicco, Jr., Global Chief Information Officer, is responsible for leading all technology and security initiatives for the AEA group—AEA, PPC, and ERG. Mr. Cicco joined PPC in 2011, and is currently is responsible for overseeing and coordinating all technology, telecommunications, wide area networking, local area networking, desktop support, IT security, disaster recovery planning, applications training and support, and information management.
Mr. Cicco has more than 35 years of IT experience and more than twenty years of data center operations and management experience. He is an industry-recognized leader in planning and directing innovative IT and customer service solutions. Mr. Cicco possesses an in-depth understanding of Green IT technologies and solutions and their business application. He brings extensive IT experience developed while serving as the Government Accountability Office (GAO) Chief Information Officer (CIO), as well as early career experience in data center operations and management evaluations.
During his tenure as CIO, Mr. Cicco established a vision for change, innovation, and IT transparency for GAO executives, business stakeholders, and employees. He consolidated and standardized IT infrastructure operations at GAO HQ and its 13 field offices. Through his leadership multiple network operating systems, servers, network switches, workstations, printers were standardized. He was critical in transforming GAO into a model agency by integrating people, processes, and technology. During his tenure, GAO went from 53rd to 1st in the Gartner Group’s total cost of ownership ranking while the IT organization received the highest customer satisfaction scores across the agency.
In 2005, Mr. Cicco initiated a program to redesign GAO’s data center using Green IT best practices. This project included the redesign of the data center layout, electrical feeds, server cabinets, cabling, and UPS configuration. This project avoided an estimated 8 million dollar new data center construction cost and resulted in significant space and energy savings.
Mr. Cicco also gained valuable data center experience leading many GAO IT reviews of major government IT operations including the SSA, FBI, DEA, SEC, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, and DOJ’s Litigating Divisions.
He has been selected to Computerworld’s list of Premier 100 IT Leaders for his work supporting the Hurricane Katrina response, CIO Magazine’s CIO 100, and Federal Computer Magazine’s Federal Top100 list. Mr. Cicco is also a Congressional Award recipient for leadership in supporting key legislative activities under emergency conditions.
Prior to joining PPC, Mr. Cicco provided IT Governance, CIO mentoring, and IT energy management and optimization services to SRA clients. He developed SRA’s comprehensive Green IT Maturity Model that is based on industry best practices and sound IT governance. He also provided CIO support to a broad spectrum of Federal government customers—implementing his IT Governance, strategic planning, portfolio management, and enterprise architecture expertise to craft tailored, innovative solutions to individual agency issues.
He earned his M.B.A. in Organizational Management from California State University, and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Nebraska-Omaha.
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