Ted Kaouk
Federal Leadership
After serving lengthy chief data officer stints with the Department of Agriculture and Office of Personnel Management, Ted Kaouk took on a new challenge nearly a year ago when he joined the CFTC as its CDO and chief AI officer. The former chair of the CDO Council, Kaouk is now tasked with overseeing the 15 billion records that the derivatives markets regulator ingests and manages each day. In an interview with FedScoop this year, Kaouk said he’s in the process of developing an integrated data and AI strategy for the agency and is keen on “exploring how generative AI may be used at the commission in the future.”
