Dr. Chakib Chraibi serves as Chief Data Scientist and Acting Associate Director for the Office of  Data Services in the U.S. Department of Commerce, NTIS (National Technical Information  Service). In his current position, Dr. Chraibi provides expertise and assistance to governmental  agencies in harnessing innovative and emerging technologies to deliver data-driven solutions  and achieve mission outcome within the NTIS framework. Dr. Chraibi serves on the  Commerce’s Data Governance Board and several working groups, including CDOC’s Data  Ethics and Equity and ACT-IAC’s AI. He is also the Government Chair of the ATARC Predictive  Analytics and Responsible AI Working Group. Prior to his Commerce Department position, he  was a software engineer at Bull Systems before transitioning to academia where he held  multiple positions in several academic institutions, including Professor, Department Chair, and  Dean. Dr. Chraibi received a Doctorate of Science with high honors from the University of  Bordeaux, a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Binghamton University (awarded the STEM  Distinguished Dissertation Award), and a Professional Certificate in Data Science from  Columbia University.