- Former Chief Information Officer (A), State of California
- Former Undersecretary, State of California Technology Agency
- Former Chief Information Officer, State of California, Department of Health Services
- Former Chief Information Officer, State of California, Department of Corrections
- Former Deputy Chief Information Officer, State of California, CalPERS
Key Areas of Expertise:
- Project Management
- Transparency and Open Government
- IT Strategic Planning
- IT Management and Governance
- Procurement and Contracting
- Multi-jurisdictional Collaboration and Alliance Building
- Mentoring
For forty years, Christy Quinlan served in California State Government. Her goal was to improve its effectiveness at the enterprise level. She served as the State’s Chief Information Officer for a year and the Undersecretary of Technology for three years. Her collaborative leadership led to enterprise and architectural standards, reduced data duplication, data center and email consolidation, data transparency, increased GIS usage, and improved IT governance.
During her time at the California Technology Agency she led a cross jurisdictional taskforce in the modernization of California’s exam and recruitment process for all IT classifications. Starting in 2008 she co-chaired a multi-jurisdictional taskforce to consolidate departmental data centers into either the state data center or a cooperative data center. She also co-chaired a taskforce to consolidate 130 disparate departmental email systems into either a state solution or software-as-a-solution option. She had a reputation as a trusted leader who could work with diverse groups to implement common solutions for business problems.
Before coming to the California Technology Agency she served as the CIO for the Department of Health Services and Department of Corrections where she dealt with healthcare issues. Her knowledge and effectiveness in state processes and governance resulted in an appointment as the Undersecretary in the newly created Technology Agency.
Her effectiveness as an innovator and leader was recognized when she received the 2009 - ComputerWorld Magazine Top 100 IT Leaders. Government Technology magazine named Quinlan one of its Top 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers for 2008. Quinlan was a founding member and past Mentor Chair of the Sacramento Chapter of Women in Information Technology International (WITI).
Quinlan holds a Bachelors of Arts degree in Environmental Design from the California State University, Sacramento.
