Soha M. Mahgoub

Please Welcome Our New Assistant Director, Information Resources and Technology Management (IRTM)/Associate Chief Information Officer (ACIO) - Soha Mahgoub

I am pleased to announce the selection of Soha Mahgoub (SUE-ah ma-JOOB) as the Assistant Director, Information Resources and Technology Management (IRTM)/Associate Chief Information Officer (ACIO) for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Soha comes to the Service from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), where she was serving as the Program Manager, Infrastructure Security Division. As the Assistant Director, IRTM/ACIO Soha will deliver information management and technology across the Service to address the ever-evolving needs of the agency. Soha will join the Service on April 22, 2024.

Soha comes to the Service with 23 years of Information Technology experience with federal, commercial, and international organizations. She has successfully managed multi-million-dollar, complex IT programs and demonstrated her ability to deliver mission-critical results and effectively lead teams. Her experience includes managing IT infrastructures, big data, cloud, cybersecurity, and software/application development. 

She has held several key positions at DHS, including serving as the Acting Associate Director and CIO within the DHS Office of Health Affairs and Acting Deputy Chief Data Officer and Associate Chief of Engineering, DHS Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency. While at DHS, she oversaw several mission critical programs and led several diverse teams of contractors and federal personnel, managing budget/acquisition programs, cloud initiatives, data acumen, and program management. With her wealth of experience, strategic expertise, and commitment to excellence, Soha is well positioned to join the Service as our next Assistant Director, IRTM/ACIO.

Soha grew up in Sudan before moving with her family to the U.S. in her early 20s. She has a background in architecture as well as electrical engineering and speaks two additional languages, Arabic and Nubian. Soha holds an M.S. in Telecommunications and Computers and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from The George Washington University. When she is not at work, she enjoys spending time with family, walking and hiking outdoors, and taking road trips.

Please join me in welcoming Soha to her new position.

Martha