Elizabeth “Liz” Chirico serves as the Director of the Dept. of War Data Platform, Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO). The CDAO War Data Platform (WDP) is focused on expanding the core data integration layer to deliver standardized, high-quality data essential for accelerating agentic AI across the DoW. Our teams partner with DoW Components to expand the scope of available information, raise data quality, cut down the time spent on data collection, support advanced analytics, and improve the timeliness of actionable insights. 

Prior to joining the CDAO in July 2023, Liz led multiple acquisition reform efforts in the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Procurement) and headed the Acquisition Innovation through Technology team delivering Army Acquisition’s first Robotic Process Automation (RPA) “bot” named DORA (Determination of Responsibility Assistant.) She also has 14 years of Army contracting experience and has served in a number of roles as a Senior Procurement Analyst and Contracting professional.

Liz holds an M.S. in Acquisition and Contract Management from the Florida Institute of Technology, and in January 2023 earned a Master of Studies in Law (M.S.L.) degree focusing on Government Procurement and Cybersecurity from the George Washington University Law school. She is Level III certified in Contracting and is a member of the Army Acquisition Corps. Liz is also a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society and National Contract Management Association (NCMA).