With 2015 coming to a close, Techwire is counting down its Top 10 news stories of the year. Watch as we unveil the people, projects and events that made news during the year gone by.
In May, Gov. Jerry Brown appointed Chris Cruz to the No. 2 job at the California Department of Technology — chief deputy director of operations. As the former CIO and deputy director at the Department of Health Care Services, Cruz oversaw a $1 billion project portfolio and some of California’s biggest IT initiatives. In 2015, Cruz spearheaded a cloud readiness assessment of the state’s major health IT systems. In an email to staff, Department of Technology Director Carlos Ramos said Cruz is “well-known in the IT community as an innovative and cutting-edge leader in public-sector IT.” In March, Cruz was named to Government Technology’s annual Top 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers list of change-makers in the public sector.
