Dr. Christopher Greer

Assistant Director for Information Technology Research and Development
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

Dr. Chris Greer is Assistant Director for Information Technology Research and Development in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). His responsibilities there include networking and information technology research and development, cybersecurity, and digital scientific data access. Prior to joining OSTP, Dr. Greer was Director of the National Coordination Office for the Federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program. This program coordinates IT R&D investments across the Federal government. He is on assignment from the National Science Foundation where he has served in the Office of Cyberinfrastructure as Senior Advisor for Digital Data and in the Directorate for Biological Sciences. He currently serves as co-chair of the Interagency Working Group on Digital Data, which has been charged by the Committee on Science of the National Science and Technology Council with developing and promoting implementation of strategic frameworks for digital scientific data preservation and access.