Air Force's chief software officer resigns

By Briana Reilly / September 2, 2021 at 10:19 AM

Nicolas Chaillan, the Air Force's chief software officer, announced today that he's resigning from the post he's held for the last two-and-a-half years.

First hired by the Defense Department in August 2018, Chaillan transitioned to the chief software role in the Air Force in May 2019, where he has helped lead the service's secure software development initiative, DevSecOps, and more recently, served as the Joint All-Domain Command and Control CSO for the Joint Staff's J-6.

Announcing his resignation in a LinkedIn post, Chaillan lamented the lack of funding and support for his work, writing "it is time" to move on.

"It seems clear to me that our leaders are not aligned with our vision in pursuing agility, the importance of DevSecOps, continuous delivering of capabilities, nor, most importantly, the need to fund teams, like Cloud One and Platform One, that are making things happen for the Department, and is a catalyst for change across the Government," he wrote.

He didn't comment on what his next role may be, saying he's planning on spending time with his family and enjoying "some deserved peaceful sleep knowing that our nation is more secure thanks to the work we did!"

The service's first chief software officer, Chaillan in a separate comment wrote that he proposed a replacement for his position to leadership, though he didn't name that individual.

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