Andrew McLauchlin is Executive Director of the CGI Initiative for Collaborative Government. Mr. McLauchlin is responsible for architecting and supervising CGI Initiative research projects and events in partnership with CGI Initiative Fellows and leading academic institutions. In this role, he leads collaboration with federal policymakers, Congress, agency executives, and academic thought leaders to analyze issues of critical importance to the federal government, and how the government can best apply collaborative government models to address those issues in 2011 and beyond.

Mr. McLauchlin has 22 years experience in government IT solutions and public policy analysis. Honored as a 2009 Fed 100 award winner, his experience includes facilitating discussion across OMB, Federal agencies, Congress, professional associations, and industry partners to architect strategies and solutions that enable agencies to meet both agency and government-wide objectives. Mr. McLauchlin is an active participant in professional associations such as the Industry Advisory Council, TechAmerica and the Association of Government Accountants.

Mr. McLauchlin graduated from the University of Virginia as an Echols Scholar in 1988. In 2001, he earned an eBusiness Certificate from the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business. In 2004, he received Notice of Allowance as the inventor of U.S. Patent 6,754,672: System and Method for Efficient Integration of Government Administrative and Program Systems.