Michael L. Wash

Chief Information Officer

As Chief Information Officer, Michael L. Wash oversees Information Technology operations at the Government Printing Office (GPO) along with providing principal guidance for strategic information system initiatives at the agency including GPO’s Federal Digital System (FDsys), a new content management system that will provide permanent public access to all Federal Government information. Wash also guides policy for the development and application of technology designed to accelerate the agency’s transformation into a 21st century information organization

Biography

Wash has been a prominent figure in the technology industry for more than a quarter of a century. Prior to joining GPO in 2004, he served as the Executive Director of Product Management and Marketing at Gerber Scientific Products. Wash joined Gerber from Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, N.Y., a world leader in photographic and digital imaging, where he spent a total of 26 years. At Kodak he served as the Worldwide General Manager of Digital Photo Finishing Systems. In this capacity, he directed the company’s digital photo finishing equipment business, driving more than $2 billion in services revenue for Kodak’s consumer imaging division. He was responsible for developing the system to deliver Kodak Perfect Touch Processing for the consumer photo market in North America and Europe.
Wash has held positions at Colorado Memory Systems, in Loveland, Colorado, as Director of Engineering; and was a founder and Vice President of Engineering at ComByte, Inc, in Fort Collins, Colorado, a company that develops and manufactures storage devices for the personal computer market.

Wash received his BSEE degree from Purdue University in 1977. He holds 18 patents, one of which was awarded the National Inventor of the Year in 1996 by the Intellectual Properties Owners Association.