Work History and Experience

• Leadership role implementing Georgia's Registration and Titling System
  (Used by Tax Commissioners in all 159 of Georgia’s counties)
• Worked with Tax Commissioners across the state (All 159 counties)
• Interacted with Georgia Association of Tax Officials (GATO)
• Dealt with TC-Tech (Tax Commissioner Technology Council)
• Interacted with State Legislature (Tax Commissioner Technology related issues)
• Established and coordinated a Tax Commissioner based governance body for prioritization of needed changes for the statewide Registration and Titling system
• Worked for Financial Data Services – Daily Balancing the Books for Banks
• Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, University of West Georgia
• Involved in public service for 22 years
• Currently serve as Chief Information Officer/Technology Director for the Georgia Department of Administrative Services.
• Award for Customer Service, after third month on the job (2001)
• 2005 International Award for “Best of the Web” – Government Technology (Government Internal Category)
• Served as Agency Lead on a $1.2 billion state technology outsourcing initiative (2008)
• Elected and then re-elected twice by his peers as Chairman of Georgia’s Chief Information Officer Council (2005, 2006, 2007).  Council is composed of 41 CIO’s and Technology Directors across state government.
• Named by Governor Perdue to the state's Technology Assessment Steering Committee (2007).
• Served as Southeastern Chairman of the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA), Information Technology Committee
• Served as Technology Director for the State of Georgia, Motor Vehicle Division
• Served on the AAMVA International Technology Standing Committee
• Consultant for Lojack Corporation.  Implementation of Lojack within the State of Georgia.
• Served as the original Chairman for the State of Georgia Sharepoint User Group.
• Served on the State of Georgia Governance Council (2006, 2007)
• Served three years on the Advisory Board for Georgia’s Digital Government Summit (2006, 2007, 2008).
• Served 2 years on Georgia Enterprise Information Technology Leaders Forum
• Chairman of the Information Technology Sub-Committee, during the creation of a new State Agency (Department of Motor Vehicle Safety.
• Served on the Georgia Traffic Records Coordinating Committee (2000-2001)
• Speaker, Gartner Executive Roundtable, GTC Executive Leadership Luncheon (2005)
• Planning with John Hopkins University, develop international standards for the Commercial Vehicle Information Systems Network (CVISN).
• Participated in Georgia’s “Blueprint for Modernization” study with KPMG.  The study assessed and recommended changes for the State of Georgia Tax Commissioner.
• Assisted several State Agencies (Strategic Planning, Legislative Tracking, Large Procurements, and Annual Budget Projections)
• Assisted local governments on Technology related issues
• Implemented the Georgia’s Unified Network Interface (UNI) - 4th state in the nation to successfully implement.
• Honorary Member, Georgia’s Terminal Agency Coordinators (GTAC)
• As a result of his work for the State of Kentucky, he was made an Honorary Kentucky Colonel.