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Dave McKinney is currently Chief of the Knowledge Management Branch in the Office of the Chief Data Officer at the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), Fort Meade, Maryland. He joined the KM branch in 2018 and became the branch chief in 2023.
Dave has been with DISA since 2005, first in the role of proposal manager, later becoming the project lead and portfolio manager to the US Air Force. He later moved to the DISA Director’s staff the civilian lead the Commander’s Action Group (CAG). Dave is a 2020 graduate of the Army’s Knowledge Management Qualification Course.
Just before coming to DISA, Dave was an IT proposal manager in the private sector. He is a 21-year veteran of the US Air Force, flying as a navigator on C-141 and C-5 aircraft, and in numerous staff roles including aircraft maintenance officer, plans officer, and serving at the White House as a presidential airlift coordinator.
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