"Professor Kelso has a proven record of integrity and leadership, most recently as the interim director of the now closed Department of Information Technology," Gov. Davis said in a statement. "I will be looking to him for advice on the cost-effective, ethical and secure management of our State's information technology resources."
Kelso will be responsible for providing leadership on information technology policy and for working collaboratively with other information technology leaders throughout State government. He will continue to lead the Information Technology Management Initiative established by the governor's May 31 Executive Order (D-57-02) and will make recommendations to the Governor for the oversight, procurement, management and operations of the State's information technology systems.
Mr. Kelso, 42, of Sacramento, is the Director of the Capital Center for Government Law and Policy at the University of the Pacific's McGeorge School of Law, where he has served since 1994. Governor Davis previously appointed him Chair of the California Earthquake Authority in November 2000, and confirmed his appointment as California's Acting Insurance Commissioner, a position Mr. Kelso held from July to September 2000.
