Chris C Kemp is an entrepreneurial executive with a passion for igniting innovation in high-tech organizations. Chris has over a decade of experience starting, funding, building, and selling technology businesses.
Chris joined NASA Ames in 2006 as Director of Strategic Business Development and helped forge partnerships with Google and Microsoft. Since 2008, he has served as Chairman of NASA's Web Council and Chief Information Officer for NASA Ames Research Center. As CIO of a NASA field center, he is responsible for most of the IT infrastructure at NASA Ames (networks, datacenters, systems, etc.), and several NASA-wide services, including the NASA Security Operations Center (SOC).
Chris is also responsible for spearheading NASA's Cloud Computing Platform, Nebula.
Prior to joining NASA, Chris helped create the third largest online community Classmates.com, the leading web-based vacation rental platform Escapia, and the first online grocery shopping platform for Kroger, the world's largest grocery store chain.
Contributions
Video:NASA CTO on Cloud Computing – May 2010
The CTO of IT at NASA, Chris Kemp, discusses Nebula, open standards, innovation and more at the Gov 2.0 Expo.
Video:NASA Nebula CIO on Cloud Computing - Minds in the Cloud, April 2010
The CIO at NASA's Ames Research Center, Chris Kemp, discusses the crucial role of cloud computing for NASA to become more mission focused and efficient.
Video:Roadmap to the Cloud - March 2010
The CIO of NASA's Ames Research Center, Chris Kemp, talks about the space agency's vision for cloud computing. (Requires Silverlight)
Podcast:NASA's Nebula Rolls Out in the Cloud - March 2010
Agencies across the federal government are exploring cloud computing, but NASA's Nebula Cloud Computing Platform could become the model for its use. The Chief Information Officer at NASA Ames Research Center, explains the benefits of the Nebula platform.
Podcast:Government Cloud Computing for 2010: Moving Towards Efficient Operations - December 2009
The Federal Cloud Blog sits down with Chris Kemp, CIO at NASA's Ames Research Center, after a presentation delivered at the Digital Government Conference. He discusses the progress with the Nebula Cloud Computing Platform and what to look forward to in the near future. They discuss how Nebula has partnered with Microsoft and Google to give the public greater access to NASA data and imagery. People will be able to view the surface of Mars in real time and eventually take tours of planets and constellations.
Podcast:Nebula Interview with Chris Kemp - September 2009
Have you heard about Nebula? What is cloud computing and where is it going? All questions you'll find answers to in this Government IT Solutions Spotlight with Chris Kemp, CIO at NASA Ames Research Center.
Article:Why Make A Universe of Data Available to the Public? - March 2009
An intro to a white paper that Chris is writing on NASA's current external facing web presence, and an outlook of what space exploration and the web might look like 10 years from now. He describes how NASA should re-architect itself in order to fully leverage the web as a platform and take the lead in open, transparent and participatory space exploration and government. He also discusses how NASA is teaming up with Microsoft to make a universe of data available to the public.
Article:Let's Start a Conversation About NASA's Future on the Web - January 2009
The CIO of NASA Ames Research Center discusses his vision for NASA's future on the web as an open platform - a platform to share and host data, a platform that will leverage data in new ways, for developers around the world to tap into datasets, for the public to learn about NASA, and for scientists to collaborate.
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