Mr. Wilczynski has held a broad range of information technology positions within the Department of Defense (DoD) at the agency, Military Department, and Office of the Secretary of Defense levels in his 23 years of service. He currently serves as Director of Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure within the Office of the DoD Chief Information Officer. In this capacity, he reports directly to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Information Management, Integration, & Technology/Deputy Chief Information Officer. The Directorate is responsible for enterprise architecture policy and guidance and for establishing the frameworks and standards with which all Department architectures must conform.
Prior to his current assignment Mr. Wilczynski served as Deputy Director of the Architecture & Interoperability Directorate. In that capacity he was responsible for daily operations and taskings in support of the Director. As Deputy Director, he was responsible for overseeing the successful execution of major initiatives, including the DoD Architecture Framework (DoDAF) revision from its initiation in July 2007. Prior to his positions in the Office of the DoD CIO, he has held the position of Chief Technical Architect in the Transformation Support Office, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics and served for seven years on the staff of the Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer (DON CIO). While on the DON CIO staff, he led architecture and data management efforts and, along with the Navy and Marine Corps staff, led efforts to implement software application management across the Department. He was awarded the Department of the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award in November 2002.
Mr. Wilczynski began his civilian service with the Defense Mapping Agency (DMA) and its successor organization, the National Imagery and Mapping Agency. His first assignments as a cartographer developing digital products led to an interest, and higher level education, in the information technology field. In addition to his production mapping positions, he served as a production engineer and computer specialist supporting the development of architectures and standards for the geospatial community. He was selected for the DMA Outstanding Employee of the Year Award in 1993.
Mr. Wilczynski received his Bachelor of Science in Forestry from Michigan Technological University in 1980 and his Master of Science in Information Systems from The George Washington University in 1996. He is a graduate of the Federal Executive Institute and has earned a CIO Certificate in Federal Executive Competencies from the Federal CIO Council’s CIO University.