Gavin Kliger

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Gavin Kliger is an American software engineer and government official, currently serving as chief data officer at the United States Department of Defense. A 2020 graduate of UC Berkeley in electrical engineering and computer science, he previously worked as a software engineer at Databricks before entering public service in January 2025 as part of the second Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). As a DOGE operative, Kliger was deployed across multiple federal agencies including USAID, the CFPB, the IRS, the USDA, the USAGM, and the FTC. At the Department of Defense, he oversaw the launch of GenAI.mil and contributed to the Drone Dominance Program before being named Chief Data Officer in March 2026.

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