Biden taps Guertin to lead operational test and evaluation at DoD

The Pentagon’s inspector general has found overcharging from a DoD contractor. (Master Sgt. Ken Hammond/U.S. Air Force)

President Joe Biden on Thursday said he intends to nominate Nickolas Guertin to serve as director of operational test and evaluation at the Department of Defense.

Guertin is a senior software systems engineer at Carnegie Mellon University with both military and civilian experience in areas like submarine operations weapons testing, combat management and cyber-physical systems.

The White House also said Biden will nominate current acting DoD chief information officer, John Sherman, to take up the permanent post.