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Mohamoud Jibrell
Mohamoud Jibrell is the Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). Based at HHMI Headquarters in Chevy Chase, Maryland, he leads a team responsible for security, infrastructure, Web, messaging, and business applications for all of HHMI, including support of Headquarters, Janelia Farm Research Campus, and the Institute's global span of research locations.

Prior to joining the Institute, Mohamoud was with the Ford Foundation in New York for seven years, where he served as chief technology officer, with global responsibility for IT operations in 13 locations.

Trained as a mechanical engineer with a bachelor's degree from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, Mohamoud began his career as an engineer with the Otis Elevator Co., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. From 1992 to 2001, he held positions in information technology and product management with the Thermo King Corp., a division of the Ingersoll Rand Company. From 2001 to 2002, he was chief information officer and director of information technology for the American Psychiatric Association.

Mohamoud serves on the board of XBRL US, Inc., a nonprofit consortium that supports business reporting standards in the United States through the adoption of XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language).

Mohamoud lives in Vienna, Virginia with his wife Teha and their three children.