About me
Megan Cromwell is the Assistant Chief Data Officer for NOAA’s National Ocean Service (NOS), providing internal support and external advocacy to support NOAA’s mission. Sitting in the Information Management Office (IMO), Megan provides data governance expertise to the IMO Senior Leadership Team, Data Governance Committee, and individually to each program office by evaluating, planning, and implementing measures to increase data governance maturity across NOS and NOAA as a whole. She has a Marine Science Bachelor’s of Science with a GIS certification minor from the University of Southern Mississippi and has completed the coursework for a Master’s Degree in Environmental Geoscience through the Mississippi State University with graduation at the end of 2024.Passionate about all data, but oceanographic imagery in particular, Megan has embraced the need for technological solutions such as leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques to manage NOAA’s “Big Data” problem, particularly to facilitate data access. Working within the oceanographic community, Megan strives to build mutually beneficial partnerships including supporting the development of training data and tools such as Ocean Vision AI (FathomNet).
