Mr. Cameron Stanley is the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAO) for the Department of War (DoW). In this role, he leads the acceleration of DoW’s adoption of data, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI) to generate decision advantage.
Most recently, Mr. Stanley served as National Security Transformation Lead for Amazon Web Services. Prior to this appointment, he served as Chief Data Officer of the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security from 2022-2024, where he oversaw policy development and implementation across the full spectrum of the Defense Intelligence and Security Enterprise. From 2021-2022, he was Chief of the Algorithmic Warfare Cross Functional Team, also known as Project Maven. The initiative was the data and AI pathfinder program tasked with enabling improved warfighter outcomes through the development, deployment, and sustainment of rapidly fielded AI algorithms and data driven solutions.
Over the course of his career, Mr. Stanley has amassed broad leadership experience in some of the Department’s most challenging science and technology initiatives, each with a focus on the rapid development and delivery of capabilities directly to warfighters. Leadership roles include Senior Science and Technology Advisor to the Command, USSOUTHCOM; Senior JIEDDO Representative to the United Kingdom; and Chief of the JIEDDO Technology Strategy Division.