AGA PDT 2026

Howard Osborne
Deputy Director, Financial Management System
U.S. Department of Commerce


Dr. Osborne currently serves as the Deputy Director, Office of Financial System at the Department of Commerce where he leads the strategic implementation of enterprise IT Modernization and Transformation. With Dr. Osborne’s leadership and vision, the Department of Commerce Business Applications Solution (BAS) IT Modernization (Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning) effort was expanded into an enterprise ecosystem transformation. Prior to serving in his current role, he was the Chief Financial Officer/ Director Office of Administration for the Minority Business Development Agency at the Department of Commerce. Prior to joining the Department of Commerce, Dr. Osborne obtained a Doctor of Business Administration from Drexel University and served as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) Chief Financial Officer. Dr. Osborne joined the NRC from his position as Associate Partner with IBM’s Business Transformation Services, Federal Enterprise Strategy Practice. Before joining IBM, he was the Associate Chief Financial Officer and served as Acting Deputy Chief Financial Officer at the Environmental Protection Agency. There, he developed an IT governance structure to effectively implement modernization strategies and drive operational efficiencies through process improvement. Previously, Dr. Osborne served as the Comptroller and the Director of Financing Operations at Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Department of the Treasury. During his tenure, he developed the strategy and led the operational and integrated technology testing of the new Treasury Floating Rate Notes security. Dr. Osborne is a retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel with over 20 years of active-duty service, which included leading the planning and implementation of a shared services organization that delivered the largest transformation in Air Force Financial Management history.

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