Clay Goldwein
Senior Vice President and Business Unit Leader for National Security and Justice, CGI
Clay Goldwein’s work spans several initiatives across multiple federal agencies, all focused on protecting America’s assets and citizens. He leads a multiyear expansion of the Cybersecurity Shared Services Platform at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, where CGI teams deliver commercial cybersecurity solutions at scale through the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program.
Under Goldwein’s leadership, CGI expanded managed and shared services across the cybersecurity environment, enhancing the fully managed cloud-native platform to support a broader range of agencies and an expanded cybersecurity catalog. The shared services platform has delivered significant cost savings while strengthening the cybersecurity posture of about 70 federal civilian executive branch agencies.
As government demand grows for enterprise services and commercial-led capabilities, Goldwein is enabling additional agencies to adopt the CDM program, with more agencies and solutions expected to join the shared service in fiscal year 2026.
Goldwein also led the deployment of new capabilities in advanced cloud protection and zero trust through the CDM program. The shared services model allows agencies to deploy these capabilities in 60 to 90 days rather than six to 12 months.
“Cybersecurity is only one aspect of national security, but it’s a critical one,” Goldwein said. “Threat actors are harnessing emerging technologies to make their tactics more effective, and we have to stay ahead of them to protect our systems and assets.”
At U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Goldwein oversaw the rollout of a new AI capability for document categorization. Known as Intelligent Document Processing, the system identifies and classifies documents submitted with applications, such as photos, identification cards and birth certificates. IDP analyzes scanned documents to flag missing information, extract relevant data and metadata and prepare files for vetting. Application packages typically range from 50 to 100 pages and can exceed 1,000 pages. USCIS processes over 200,000 such documents each day.
Why Watch
Goldwein’s priorities for the coming year focus on expanding the use of AI for threat detection, data classification and identifying and preventing fraud, waste and abuse. He led pilot deployments of AI-powered advanced network protection in 2025 and plans to scale those capabilities in the year ahead, extending their reach across more agencies to keep pace with evolving threats.
As AI has evolved from novelty to operational necessity, Goldwein aims to stay at the forefront of its application across federal missions.