Dr. Bernard currently serves as the Federal Chief Enterprise Architect with the Office of Management. He brings to this position over thirty years of experience in information technology management, including work in the government, military, business, and academic sectors. He has held positions as a Chief Information Officer, IT management consultant, line-of-business manager, network operations manager, telecommunications manager, IT systems security manager, and project manager for several major IT systems installations. He has served as a senior IT executive for a federal agency, started an enterprise architecture practice for an IT management firm, developed his own consulting practice, and lectured on the topic of enterprise architecture world-wide.
Dr. Bernard has also served on the faculty of Carnegie Mellon University’s Institute for Software Research, School of Computer Science, where he developed a professional certificate program in enterprise architecture, and he served for over a decade on the faculty of Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies. Dr. Bernard was the founding editor of the Journal of Enterprise Architecture, and served as Chief Editor from 2005-2010. In 2004, he wrote the first textbook on enterprise architecture that is now in use at universities and in training programs around the world. He created the EA3 Cube TM framework and methodology that is featured in this book, as well as the design for an on-line architecture repository that is called Living EnterpriseTM.
Dr. Bernard earned his Ph.D. at Virginia Tech in Public Administration and Policy; a master’s degree in Business and Personnel Management from Central Michigan University, a master’s degree in Information Management from Syracuse University, and a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Southern California. He is a graduate of the United States Naval War College, and earned a Chief Information Officer Certificate and an Advanced Program Management Certificate from the National Defense University. Dr. Bernard is also a former career naval aviator who served on aircraft carriers and with shore squadrons, led IT programs, and was the Director of Network Operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon.