Margaret Weichert

Margaret Weichert
Deputy Director for Management of the Office of Management and Budget
Assumed office
February 28, 2018
President Donald Trump
Preceded by Beth Cobert
Personal details
Education Georgetown University
University of Sussex
University of California, Berkeley

Margaret Weichert is an American businesswoman, inventor, and government executive, currently serving as Deputy Director for Management at the OMB.[1] She has served as a principal at Ernst & Young since 2017. Weichert has also held executive leadership positions at Market Platform Dynamics, First Data, Bank of America, and Andersen Consulting focused on strategy, innovation, and business process improvement in banking and payments technology. In 1999, she co-founded an internet company, Achex, Inc., and sold that company to First Data in 2001. Achex was an online payment services developer specializing in secure checking account transfers over the internet.[2] Weichert has been named as an inventor on 14 U.S. patents related to online financial services. She has served since 2010 on the Technology Association of Georgia Fintech Steering Committee.[3] She was sworn in on February 28, 2018.[4]

References

  1. Martin, Nichols (September 5, 2017). "Donald Trump to Nominate OMB Adviser Margaret Weichert as Deputy Director for Management". ExecutiveGov. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
  2. Brachmann, Steve (September 19, 2017). "Trump nominates financial services inventor Margaret Weichert to serve as OMB's deputy director of management". IP Watchdog. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
  3. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Personnel to Key Administration Posts". The White House. September 2, 2017. Retrieved October 13, 2017. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. https://federalnewsradio.com/federal-newscast/2018/03/marine-corps-reserve-accidentally-releases-personal-information-of-over-21000-people/
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