President Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE announced Thursday that he would nominate Michael Kratsios to serve as the country's chief technology officer, a role that has remained vacant since the beginning of the Trump administration.

Kratsios has served as deputy U.S. chief technology officer and as deputy assistant to the president for technology policy since January 2017.

Kratsios, 32, is well-connected in the field after having worked as chief of staff at Thiel Capital, an investment management firm, before joining Trump’s transition team, Bloomberg reported.

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He has played a key role in the administration's policies on 5G, national broadband, drones and artificial intelligence, according to a White House announcement.

IBM CEO Ginni Rometty praised Kratsios's nomination as “great news,” adding that the nominee is “strengthening America’s leadership in technologies like quantum computing and artificial intelligence.”

Aneesh Chopra, who served as the nation’s first chief technology officer under former President Obama, said he had hope for Kratsios's nomination, adding, "I’ve had no conversations with him that make me think he’s partisan."