FDA Chief Operating Officer Brings IT Experience From CDC, Sodexo

16 Apr 2012

Walter Harris, who also worked at the VA and HUD, will oversee FDA’s IT, budget, management and equal employment opportunity functions as head of the Office of Operations, one of four directorates that form a managerial layer between the Office of the Commissioner and the agency’s center directors.

FDA is tapping Walter Harris, who has experience managing information technology systems in the government and private sector, as chief operating officer.

Harris moves to FDA from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to become COO and head of the Office...