Joseph M. Edwards is the Director, Infrastructure and Operations for DC Water. Previously, he was Manager, IT Infrastructure.

Mr. Edwards works in Information Technologies, overseeing all projects within the technical infrastructure domain. He provides technical guidance to the Authority on IT-related business and technology issues. He manages the design, development, release and maintenance of technology systems and services. Additionally, Mr. Edwards oversees all disaster recovery and business continuity initiatives. He coordinates direct reports in preparing, documenting and participating in disaster recovery and business continuity initiatives. This includes routine maintenance of off-site documentation and media required for the recovery process, disaster recovery tests and post-test reporting

Mr. Edwards also develops the operating and capital budgets for the department and manages third party vendor projects, project managers and consultants.

Mr. Edwards joined the Authority in 2004 as the Manager, Data Center and Network Infrastructure. He has 19 years of experience working in information technology for both small and large organizations.