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Carolyn D. Rowland (Fed)
Carolyn Rowland is a supervisory computer scientist in the Engineering Laboratory (EL). Carolyn acts as the IT advisor to EL senior leaders and staff. Carolyn also serves as the EL IT Security Officer, a laboratory version of the agency-level CISO. In this role, Carolyn is the EL liaison to the NIST CISO on Federal IT security issues.
Carolyn directs a high-impact team of research software engineers (RSEs), IT operations, and cybersecurity professionals dedicated to accelerating research and advancing DevSecOps. She also previously served a short tenure as Acting Deputy CIO. Additionally, she served on the USENIX Association Board of Directors from 2012 to 2020, bringing a strong background in Unix systems and strategic communication to federal and non-profit sectors.
Carolyn started at NIST as a Unix system administrator helping usher NIST into a modern world of automation and DevOps culture. She earned her BS degree from Michigan Technological University.