Workforce & People
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Officials have formally named Bryce Bailey the state’s chief information security officer, elevating him from the interim role after nearly a month in place. Cybersecurity, he said, “is a long game.” -
Elizabeth Crowe, the city’s director of urban analytics and innovation, has been selected to serve as interim chief innovation and technology officer, a role formerly held by Stephanie Wernet.
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Tekquell Watson has more than 25 years of military and federal experience, including senior technical and leadership roles. She will oversee technology operations across the consolidated city-county government.
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Nacapuy, whose stint as the state’s top technology executive began back in 2015, told local media that he will be assisting with the transition to a new IT leader before ultimately returning to the private sector.
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Gary Brantley, chief information officer for Atlanta, discussed some of the IT changes made in the city following the costly March 2018 ransomware attack.
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Nearly eight months after former CIO Alex Pettit resigned and took a newly created position within the Oregon Secretary of State's Office, Terrence Woods has been tapped to fill the role for the foreseeable future.
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Plus, Kansas City formalizes commitment to data with departmental name change; Indiana works with Google to expand digital skills training; 18F opens up about what it’s like to work there; and more.
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The Last Mile computer training course has seen successes at one of the state’s women’s prisons, but it will soon expand as part of an offering at the Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility, offering inmates valuable skills upon release.
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Ohio Gov.-elect Mike DeWine named Ervan Rodgers II as the state's next chief information officer. Formerly the CIO for the Ohio Attorney General's Office, Rodgers succeeds Stu Davis, who departed in September.
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Startup Receives $10.7M in Incentives to Stay in Raleigh In exchange for the state and local government investment, the Raleigh-based software startup Pendo agrees to create nearly 600 jobs in the North Carolina city and invest $34.6 million in facilities.
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Miller previously served as the chief information officer for San Antonio. He takes over from William Finch, who held the position for approximately six years.
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Employees of the University of California have reported missed and miscalculated paychecks following a move to replace a 35-year-old legacy system.
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A new report by the U.S. PIRG Education Fund has found electric buses are not only clean, but have lower operational costs than traditional diesel buses. Still, few are on the road.
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The region has been trying to grow its technology firm footprint, but doing that means university graduates versed in computer sciences need to stick around.
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Hayes is a veteran of the tech sector, bringing to the role a wide array of experience, including executive positions in the private sector as well as a stint as deputy CIO for Atlanta’s public schools.
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All year, we track the major job moves of state, city and county technology leaders. Whether coming into a new position or moving on from an old one, these tech chiefs drove changes in cybersecurity, analytics and more.
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Exiting Chief Information Officer Suma Nallapati will return to the company where she started her IT career as a programmer in 1997, this time as its chief digital officer overseeing application delivery and digital strategy implementation.
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Joshua G. Spence has been named as the state's CTO, an appointment that takes effect immediately.
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Jose De La Cruz will join the San Antonio Water System on Dec. 3 as the organization’s new program delivery manager, using his tech and innovation experience to manage an automated meter infrastructure initiative there.
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David Elges, who has served as the CIO of Washington, D.C.'s Child and Family Services Agency for two years, will become Boston's new CIO. The position has sat vacant since January, when Jascha Franklin-Hodge left.
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The recent purchase of a large $160.3 million Sunnyvale office complex seems to be the first sign of plans to expand the company’s California footprint.
