Christopher L. Greer

Director, National Coordination Office (NCO)

Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program

(October 2007 – September 2009)

Chris Greer is Director of the Smart Grid and Cyber-Physical Systems Program Office and National Coordinator for Smart Grid Interoperability. Dr. Greer previously served as Associate Director for Programs in the NIST Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) and Acting Senior Advisor for Cloud Computing. In these positions, he was responsible for strategic planning for information technology initiatives across ITL, including its data and cloud computing efforts. Prior to joining NIST, Chris served as Assistant Director for Information Technology R&D in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and Cybersecurity Liaison to the National Security Staff. His responsibilities there included networking and information technology research and development, cybersecurity, and digital scientific data access. He has also served as Director of the National Coordination Office for the Federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program.

Dr. Chris Greer joined the National Coordination Office from the National Science Foundation, where he served as Program Director for the Office of Cyberinfrastructure and was responsible for strategic planning for digital data activities. Dr Greer has also served as Program Director in the Directorate for Biological Sciences and Cyberinfrastructure Advisor in the Office of the Assistant Director for Biological Sciences and Executive Secretary for the Long-lived Digital Data Collections Activities of the National Science Board.

Dr. Greer received his Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of California, Berkeley and did his postdoctoral work at CalTech. Dr. Greer was a member of the faculty at the University of California at Irvine in the Department of Biological Chemistry for approximately 18 years where his research on gene expression pathways was supported by grants from the NSF, NIH, and the American Heart Association. During that time, he was founding Executive Officer of the RNA Society, an international professional organization with more than 700 members from 21 countries worldwide.