Summary
Webb Roberts is a Senior Data Governance Specialist and chief data governance architect with 11+ years of experience designing and stewarding large-scale interoperability standards for government and defense. As the technical lead for the National Information Exchange Model (NIEM), he authored core technical specifications and naming/design rules that govern over 15,000 data definitions across 14 domains used by federal, state, and international partners. He combines hands-on software engineering roots—in simulation, robotics, and graphics—with deep governance experience to translate complex multi-stakeholder requirements into executable data architectures. Webb regularly advises generals, CDOs, and CIOs, and has driven real-world implementations from Amber Alerts to cross-agency disaster assistance systems. Based in Atlanta, he blends academic rigor from Georgia Tech with practical leadership in distributed, cooperative data model development.
11 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology