Biography
Schweickhardt served as GPO’s first Chief Information Officer from September 2003 to July 2007 when he was named Chief Technology Officer. Schweickhardt created the first unified Information Technology Organization at GPO, establishing a number of new technology and governance teams at GPO including: Information Security; Enterprise Architecture; and Software Quality. He created an overall investment strategy that provided a roadmap to modernize the agency’s application inventory and technical infrastructure.
Schweickhardt came to GPO as GPO’s Information Resources Management Policy Manager from the House Committee on Administration. As Director of Technology he was responsible for IT strategy for the House of Representatives and helped spearhead several key technology initiatives during the 104th – 108th Congresses.
He coordinated implementation of a business-continuity/disaster-recovery infrastructure for the House and participated in the House’s response to the anthrax crisis, including the initiation of a digital mail pilot program. Schweickhardt directed the rollout of several emergency communication systems for Members of Congress, including RIM Blackberry.
From 1995 to 200, Schweickhardt severed as a professional member and then Deputy Staff Director of the House Administration Committee, where he coordinated IT programs for the House. He helped develop legislative branch-wide programs with the Senate, Library of Congress, and GPO, including a standards program for information interchange in support of a planned XML-based Document Management System and an Intranet for legislative information system that significantly reduced duplicative information sources in the legislative branch. He also provided oversight for The House’s Y2K remediation plan.
While serving as staff to the House Administration Committee, Schweickhardt was Staff Director of the Joint Committee on Printing, where he supported legislative oversight of the GPO’s operations and programs, including the GPO’s equipment and technology acquisitions. He also served as the staff director of the Joint Committee on the Library.
Before government service, Schweickhardt worked for Hewlett-Packard Co., where he was a software engineer and R&D project manager.
Schweickhardt attended the University of California at Santa Barbara. |
