The Office of Personnel Management did not take long nor have to look too far to find its next chief information officer.

Melvin Brown II, who previously served as OPM’s deputy chief information officer, was named OPM’s chief information officer this week, according to a LinkedIn post he published Sunday.

Brown takes over from Guy Cavallo, who announced Jan. 6 that he was stepping down after more than four years in the CIO role.

Brown has many years of experience across the federal government. 

The Marine Corps veteran has served as OPM’s deputy chief information officer since 2021. Prior to that, he worked in various roles across the Department of Homeland Security for eight years and spent seven years as the chief of staff for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ Office of Information Technology. 

When reached for comment by Nextgov/FCW, Brown said he is looking forward to “transforming challenges into opportunities, one day at a time.”