Jim Tunnessen
Chief Information Officer & Chief AI Officer, SES
Washington DC-Baltimore Area United States
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Top SchoolJim Tunnessen is a senior technology and AI leader who has spent 25+ years modernizing public-sector missions, currently serving as CIO & Chief AI Officer at the National Endowment for the Arts where he led a cloud-native, data-driven transformation and authored the agency’s first Enterprise AI Roadmap. He has scaled global digital operations at Voice of America, delivered multi-hundred-terabyte cloud migrations and AI-driven media tooling, and driven large IT modernization programs at USDA and DHS using DevOps, predictive analytics, and cost-saving cloud strategies. A former infantry platoon sergeant and Army Reserve engineer officer, Jim brings operational rigor and mission-first leadership to complex technical programs and crisis-scale deliverables. He founded an AI advisory firm, contributes to executive tech communities including Forbes Technology Council, and holds advanced business and AI credentials from GWU and MIT Sloan, blending policy, finance, and applied machine learning in federal contexts.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Engineering, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Doctor of Engineering, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning at The George Washington University - School of Engineering & Applied ScienceBachelor of Arts, Business/Corporate Communications, Bachelor of Arts, Business/Corporate Communications at College of CharlestonExecutive Program, Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy, Executive Program, Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy at MIT Sloan School of ManagementMaster of Business Administration, Corporate Finance & Information Systems Technology, Master of Business Administration, Corporate Finance & Information Systems Technology at The George Washington University School of BusinessGithub contributions (5)
JTunnessen/jtunnessen.github.io
Jul 2015 - Oct 2017
Contributions:15 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
techBytesIO/djangoUbuntu
Nov 2016 - Apr 2017
Contributions:4 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
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