Avi Bender
Director, NTIS
Avi was appointed Director of
NTIS by the Department of
Commerce Under Secretary for
Standards and Technology Willie
E. May in June 2016. Avi joined
NTIS to lead it on its new
direction in finding innovative
ways to expand access to the
Department’s and the broader
Federal Government’s data
resources, with emphasis on data
concerning the nation’s economy,
population, and environment.
Bender was formerly the Chief
Technology Officer (CTO) at the
U.S. Census Bureau (2010-2016)
and the Director for Enterprise
Architecture at the Internal
Revenue Service (IRS)
(2006-2010). He was instrumental
in spurring key IT innovation
and modernization efforts at the
Census Bureau and IRS. He has
previous executive leadership
experience with other federal
agencies and with several global
commercial IT technology and
management consulting service
providers.
