James Craft Biography

Deputy Director C4/Deputy Chief Information Officer Marine Corps Mr. Craft was selected to serve as the Deputy Director C4 in September 2006. Prior to selection as Deputy Director C-4 Mr. Craft served as Senior Telecommunications Advisor Afghanistan Reconstruction Group US Department of State. In this role Mr. Craft led all US government reconstruction and development activities for the Afghan Information Communications Technology (ICT) Sector (telecommunications and information technology). Upon appointment to this position in September 2005 Mr. Craft organized US efforts to focus disparate efforts from various US government departments and agencies into a coordinated program which rapidly improved performance and focused US investments. Dramatic improvements occurred in the Afghan ICT sector and the Afghan Ministry of Communications. He established interagency and public/private sector working groups both in the US and in Afghanistan. Additionally both through these working groups and individually he worked with international organizations the government of Afghanistan donor organizations and non-governmental organizations to implement results-oriented techniques derived from the business world and the government sector such as portfolio management performance management and Six Sigma. This collaborative approach has helped make the ICT sector one of the leading success stories in Afghanistan during his tenure.

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