Daniel P. Sheerin joined the U.S. Department of State’s eDiplomacy office in May 2007, and currently serves as the Acting Director of the office.
Prior to joining eDiplomacy, during 2006 Mr. Sheerin served as the Acting Executive Director for the Information Resource Management (IRM) Bureau, and in this capacity he directly managed IRM’s Administrative Management, Human Resources, Procurement and IT Systems Support divisions. He also served, from 1998 thru 2006, as the chief of the IRM Bureau’s Program Analysis Staff, and in this capacity was responsible for IRM Bureau planning and policy concerning information technology, program performance and the Department’s information technology workforce.
From 1995 through 1997, Mr. Sheerin served as an information management officer in the IRM Bureau’s foreign operations staff. He was responsible for special projects supporting the Deputy Assistant Secretary for IRM Operations and coordinated corporate information technology activities between IRM and the Department’s regional, functional and management bureaus, as well as the Department of State’s 260 U.S. embassies and consulates overseas.
From 1989 through 1995, Mr. Sheerin served in the Executive Office of the Department’s Bureau Western Hemisphere Affairs as head of its information systems division. His duties included directing and providing the full range of information technology management and support to the Bureau, and to all U.S. diplomatic facilities in Caribbean, Central and South America. Prior to this, Mr. Sheerin served in a variety of jobs in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, including computer and management specialist positions. He joined the Department of State in 1981.
Mr. Sheerin holds a BA in Foreign Service and International Politics from the Pennsylvania State University, a Masters of Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College, and a certificate in advanced information technology management from the National Defense University’s Information Resource Management College. He has also studied extensively at the Defense Intelligence Agency’s Joint Military Intelligence College.