Teufel previously served as chief privacy officer at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, where he was responsible for assuring that the technologies DHS used to protect the United States met the standards for the use, collection and disclosure of personal information. During his tenure, he was one of two principals from DHS who served on the joint U.S./EU High Level Contact Group on information sharing, and privacy and personal data protection. He also testified before committees of both houses of Congress on privacy issues.

Prior to serving as Chief Privacy Officer at DHS, Teufel served as associate general counsel for at DHS and associate solicitor at the U.S. Department of the Interior. He also served as deputy solicitor general for the State of Colorado and served as a judge advocate in the D.C. Army National Guard.

Teufel majored in Economics and minored in German at Metropolitan State University of Denver. He received his Juris Doctorate from the Washington College of Law at the American University, and his Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, R.I. Teufel holds CIPP/G, CIPP/US, and CIPM certifications from the International Association of Privacy Professionals.

He will report to Vice President and Deputy General Counsel Ryan McManis and will be moving from Northern Virginia to the Denver, Colo., area later this summer.