Dustin Goetz serves as the Chief Information Officer for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a role he has held since August 2025. As CIO, he provides executive leadership for ICE’s enterprise technology strategy, cybersecurity posture, digital modernization, data governance, infrastructure operations, and mission technology delivery. In this capacity, he is responsible for ensuring ICE’s information technology capabilities are secure, resilient, operationally responsive, and directly aligned to the needs of the agency’s law enforcement and national security mission.
In his current role, Mr. Goetz is advancing artificial intelligence adoption and enterprise data management in alignment with DHS OCIO and Department-wide CIO priorities. His focus is on building the technical, governance, and operational foundation required for responsible AI-enabled mission execution, including improved data quality, authoritative data products, enterprise data cataloging, secure data sharing, and modern integration patterns that allow ICE leadership and operational users to make faster, better-informed decisions.
He is leading efforts to modernize ICE’s data environment through improved enterprise data governance, stronger data architecture, and a more deliberate approach to treating data as a strategic mission asset. This includes advancing data mesh principles, strengthening the agency’s data fabric, improving interoperability across platforms, and reducing unnecessary data duplication. These efforts support DHS priorities for AI readiness, cyber resilience, operational transparency, mission analytics, and secure digital modernization.
Mr. Goetz is also focused on ensuring that modern technology reaches the operational workforce, not just headquarters systems. His approach emphasizes field-first delivery, platform-based services, automation, mobile enablement, and rapid capability deployment so officers, agents, attorneys, and mission support personnel have the tools and trusted data needed to execute the ICE mission effectively.
Mr. Goetz is a senior federal technology executive with more than 25 years of experience leading complex information technology organizations across the federal government and private sector. His career includes executive leadership roles across enterprise IT operations, cybersecurity, cloud services, tactical communications, infrastructure modernization, acquisition strategy, budget execution, service delivery, and large-scale workforce management. He has led technology portfolios exceeding $1.8 billon and directed highly technical federal and contractor teams supporting mission-critical operations across the Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies.
Prior to becoming ICE CIO, Mr. Goetz served in senior leadership roles at DHS Headquarters, where he provided executive oversight for enterprise IT operations, service delivery, cybersecurity modernization, and mission support services across a large and complex operating environment. During his tenure, he developed and executed the Department’s Network Operations Security Center, integrating cybersecurity and network operations into a unified operational capability. Shortly after being stood up, the NOSC was immediately tested by the SolarWinds vulnerabilities and demonstrated significant success, enabling DHS to rapidly coordinate threat hunting, analysis, remediation, and enterprise information sharing. The effort strengthened DHS’s cyber-monitoring posture, reduced operational risk, and helped position the Department as a federal leader in cybersecurity responsiveness.
Throughout his DHS service, Mr. Goetz has been recognized for driving technology modernization while maintaining a strong focus on operational execution. He has led initiatives to advance Zero Trust implementation, modernize authentication services, expand secure cloud capabilities, improve enterprise monitoring, reduce duplicative systems, and align IT investments to mission outcomes. His leadership approach emphasizes accountability, measurable results, disciplined resource management, and close partnership with operational stakeholders to ensure technology enables the mission rather than becoming an obstacle to it.
Before joining DHS Headquarters, Mr. Goetz served in leadership roles at U.S. Customs and Border Protection, where he directed operational support for tactical air, land, and marine enterprise communications. In that role, he led modernization and deployment efforts supporting mission-critical voice communications across operational environments, including border and field operations. His work improved project throughput, reduced deployment timelines, strengthened operational communications, and enhanced the delivery of field technology capabilities to front-line personnel.
Mr. Goetz also brings extensive private-sector executive experience, having served as Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Director of Homeland Security, and business unit executive supporting federal IT, cybersecurity, program management, acquisition, and operational technology efforts. His private-sector work supported agencies across the Departments of Homeland Security, Defense, Justice, and Commerce, giving him a broad understanding of federal mission requirements, industry delivery models, acquisition execution, and large-scale IT service management. Because of this background, he brings a practical appreciation for the value industry partners provide in solving complex mission IT challenges, delivering specialized expertise, and accelerating capability development. He views effective government-industry relationships as essential to achieving mutual benefit: helping the federal government deliver secure, mission-focused outcomes while enabling industry partners to better understand operational needs, align solutions to mission priorities, and contribute meaningfully to public service.
Mr. Goetz is a U.S. Navy veteran and former Cryptologic Telecommunications Tech Control Supervisor. He holds a Bachelor of Science in eBusiness Management, is a certified Project Management Professional, and is a graduate of the DHS Candidate Development Program. His awards and recognition include the DHS Secretary Bronze Star Award for Cyber Innovation, the Department of Commerce Secretary Award for Cyber Security Management, and the AFFIRM Cyber Innovation and Excellence Award.