Key Leader Biographies:
Bajinder N. Paul
Chief Information Officer
Bajinder N. Paul was selected as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) in October 2007.
As CIO, Mr. Paul leads all OCC information technology (IT) programs, supporting the agency's mission of ensuring the safety and soundness of
national banks as well as fair and equal access to financial services for all Americans.
He serves as a member of the OCC Executive Committee, as the Chair of the Technology and Systems Subcommittee, and as the Co-chair of the
Investment Review Board.
Mr. Paul has spent more than 20 years managing IT programs and organizations, both in the private sector and in the federal government.
Prior to joining the OCC, he served as Acting CIO and the Deputy CIO of IT Operations at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD). At HUD, he provided strategic and operational leadership in delivering centralized IT services to the entire department to achieve HUD's goals
and objectives to promote citizen access to HUD services.
Prior to joining HUD, Mr. Paul held key IT management positions at the Department of Justice and at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and
Explosives (ATF) in the U.S. Department of the Treasury. At ATF, he provided strategic, managerial, and operational oversight of the agency's services
and solutions.
Mr. Paul graduated from Cornell University in 1981 with an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering. He received his master of science in
computer science from the Johns Hopkins University in 1994.
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