[3] McCormack started as an analyst at the Meridian Corporation, working on issues related to arms control and non-proliferation.

McCormack was then a Managing Director at TrailRunner International, a global communications consultancy, prior to joining Chevron.

He was posted to the U.S. embassy in Algiers from 1998 to 1999, with responsibility for economic reporting and consular issues.

McCormack was posted to the State Department Operations Center in 1999 before moving to the Executive Secretariat Staff ("The Line").

Immediately prior to returning to the State Department, McCormack was Special Assistant to the President, Spokesman for the National Security Council, and Deputy White House Press Secretary for Foreign Policy.