Tom Krause has been installed as the Treasury Department's fiscal assistant secretary, replacing a longtime career civil servant.
The Silicon Valley executive is an ally of Elon Musk and has been tasked with managing the nation's payment system.
He will be working closely with the six baby-faced men handpicked by Musk to help trim the fat on public spending.
His first days have already been marred by controversy and a lawsuit over claims he was given inappropriate access to the payment system and tried to, 'unlawfully freeze payment instructions given by Congress'.
Krause is a shrewd businessman who is CEO of Cloud Software Group, a holding company following the merger between software firms Citrix and TIBCO.
Krause was brought in as CEO for Citrix in 2022 where he established his formidable reputation as a hatchet man, laying off thousands of employees to haul the company out of its $15 billion of debt, Prospect reports.