‘There’s a real near-term opportunity to supercharge our open source center with advances in AI,’ Deputy Director David Cohen tells ‘Fast Company.’ It’s been 10 months since the Central Intelligence Agency tapped Nand Mulchandani to become the agency’s first-ever chief technology officer. A veteran of both the public and private sectors, Mulchandani had most recently served as CTO and acting director of the Defense Department’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center.