Jefferson P. (Jeff)
Marshall
Jefferson P. (Jeff) Marshall
Director, Hosting and Compute
Defense Information Systems Agency
Jeff Marshall is the Director of the Defense Information Systems Agency’s Hosting and Compute Directorate (J-9) and a member of the Senior Executive Service.
In this role, Marshall is responsible for overseeing DISA’s portfolio of hybrid hosting and compute capabilities and solutions to the Department of War. HaC leverages industry best practices to drive unification for hosting and compute platforms, create optionality for its customers, and provide hybrid cloud solutions globally to the warfighter to win.
In his prior role, Marshall served as the HaC Vice Director. He came to the serve in the government after 25 years in private industry information technology, most recently as the Global Cloud Platform Director at Virtustream-Dell Technologies where he directed global teams, complex public cloud architectures, deployments, delivery services, and operations for government agencies and international customers, including Fortune 500 members, national healthcare providers, and a national train system. He played a pivotal role in transforming his department’s culture from startup to high-performing IT services management operations that excelled at stability, security, efficiency, and most importantly customer satisfaction.
Marshall started his career as a Soldier and non-commissioned officer in the U.S. Army, serving for 12 years, including in Desert Storm. He started his IT professional career with FICO, the credit score company. He next took an IT management role at Regulus, a billing processing provider that at one time touched every penny of every dollar transaction in the U.S. At Regulus, Jeff self-learned computer virtualization and catapulted the company into the era of hyperscaler virtualization and millions of dollars in infrastructure cost savings.
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