Chris Wilk

Chris Wilk became the chief information officer and executive vice president of Information Technology in December 2024. 

In this role, he is responsible for developing and supporting agencywide technology systems and providing governance and planning to meet BPA's mission and objectives. Wilk maintains overall responsibility, oversight, direction and accountability for BPA information technology, operational technology and cybersecurity programs. This includes establishing strategies, objectives, policy and planning; ensuring adherence to industry and federal regulations and mandates; and keeping performance standards aligned with financial targets and agency direction.

As a member of BPA's senior leadership team, Wilk is also responsible for serving as the principal adviser to the administrator and other senior executives regarding the use of technology and effective solutions and services to improve business processes and meet agency mission requirements.

Wilk has accumulated more than 16 years of experience in the technology space shaped by leadership roles in military service as well as the private and federal sectors. After completing his undergraduate studies, Wilk was commissioned through the U.S. Army Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia. While on active duty, he served with the storied 10th Mountain Division as part of Operation Enduring Freedom as well as with the 15th Signal Brigade and United States Army Cyber Center of Excellence. Wilk rose to become commanding officer of an IT organization and also served in a variety of other leadership positions. He is the recipient of several awards and decorations, including the Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal and Army Achievement Medal. 

Following two years in the private sector, Wilk returned to the Cyber Center of Excellence in 2019 as a federal civilian where he served as the chief of IT Programs for Transformation and Modernization, overseeing a $400 million program budget supporting several groundbreaking initiatives.

In 2021, Wilk joined the Southeastern Power Administration as its chief information officer where he was responsible for leading the agency's IT, Cybersecurity, Operational Technology and Federal Records programs.

Wilk has a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Colorado, a Master of Business Administration from Colorado State University and a Master of Science from Western Governors University. He also has a Project Management Professional certification and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional.

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