Leland Dudek

Lee is a Senior Advisor for the Office of Program Integrity, Social Security Administration. Mr. Dudek and his talented team are responsible for identifying technologies, services, and opportunities that enable the SSA to achieve its mission of preventing fraud, waste, and mismanagement of funds covered under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Prior to his appointment at the SSA, Mr. Dudek served as the Chief Information Security Officer for the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board. While at Recovery, Mr. Dudek was responsible for managing a department-wide information assurance program. Prior to Recovery Board, Mr. Dudek worked to improve security for the Federal government through the Data-at-Rest tiger team, and his work on Trusted Internet Connection architecture. Mr. Dudek began his career in information management as a technology and management consultant in the government sector where he performed in numerous roles ranging from software development to infosec management. Mr. Dudek holds a Master of Science in Government Information Leadership, from the College of Information and Cyberspace at the National Defense University. He is a CISSP certification since 2006. We also want to recognize our senior colleagues from the SSA. Joe Lopez, Assistant Deputy Commissioner, Analytics, Review, and Oversight; Besty Beaumon, Chief Transformation Officer. Both of these leaders share an exceptional commitment to Program Integrity, while improving digital services for all Americans.