Former Senior Government Official John Sullivan Joins IDCA as a Digital Transformation Ambassador

Washington, DC – April 7, 2025 – IDCA has announced that former GSA Director and White House Office of OMB, John Sullivan, has joined the organization as a Senior Advisor and the IDCA Digital Transformation and Digital Economy Ambassador. John is a senior government technology advisor with a public service career spanning almost 33 years with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and additional service with the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA).

While with the GSA, John served as Senior Technology Advisor to the Deputy Associate Administrator for Government-wide Policy,  and Director, Digital Strategies Division, where he led the establishment of Digital Government Strategies policy function for the Office of Government-wide Policy.

“I am honored and looking forward to applying my experience with IDCA's initiatives to effect Digital Transformation and create Digital Economies,” Sullivan said in announcing his role with IDCA. “We are at an inflection point with Digital Infrastructure and its AI-driven development, leading to an acceleration of ongoing work to build Digital Economies. I am excited to be with IDCA to push things forward.”

“Digital Economies have entered a new era with the emergence of AI as a driving force,”  according to IDCA CEO and Chairman, Mehdi Paryavi. “With John joining us and working alongside Tom Santucci, IDCA will benefit from this extensive organizational, leadership, and technological experience at the government level as we work with public entities and agencies around the nation to build meaningful Digital Infrastructure and Digital Economies.”

About IDCA

International Data Center Authority (IDCA) is the global bipartisan digital economy think tank that works with nations to create AI policies, Digital Hubs and Digital Economies through the standardization of the approach, selection, design, feasibility, operation, and various processes and methodologies of digital infrastructure and related processes and systems.

The global IDCA team works with its partners and affiliates worldwide to achieve the optimum delivery of its advanced services locally and effectively at every project. IDCA is represented in more than 40 countries and active globally in North America, South America, Western Europe, Middle East, Eastern Europe, West Africa, North Africa, East Africa, Central, and South Africa, Southeast Asia, and Asia Pacific.