CIO Academy: Ramos Inducted, 5 CIOs Awarded; Many Honored

A key part of Government Technology’s California Public Sector CIO Academy is the CIO Academy Awards, presented Wednesday evening in Sacramento.

Carlos Ramos, former state CIO and longtime IT leader, was inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Three IT leaders were chosen as CIOs of the Year:

• Jerry Becker, Chief Information Officer, San Joaquin County
• Russell J. Nichols, Agency Information Officer and Director, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), State of California
• Jason Piccione, Chief Information Officer, Department of Consumer Affairs, State of California 

In addition, two CIOs -- Barney Gomez of the Department of Health Care Services and Gail Overhouse of the Employment Development Department, were among the IT Leadership Award winners.

The following IT Leadership awardees were selected by their organizations' IT leadership based on their work over the past year:

• Anthony Armstrong, Manager, Systems Engineering and Access Management Section, Franchise Tax Board, State of California
• Amy Beckley, Senior Information Systems Analyst Supervisor, California Highway Patrol, State of California
• Yanyong Boon-Long, Senior Information Systems Analyst, California Highway Patrol, State of California
• William Boyd, Data Processing Manager III, Project Manager, Department of Transportation (Caltrans), State of California
• Adam Brunner, Section Chief, Employment Development Department- Information Technology Branch, State of California
• Juan Carrillo, Desktop Support Specialist, California Office of Emergency Services, State of California
• Andrew Chin, Chief Information Officer, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, State of California
• Jenifer Contreras, Systems Software Specialist Supervisor, California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), State of California
• Jim Culbeaux, Chief Information Officer, California Department of Industrial Relations, State of California
• Mark Cusick, Chief of Networking Operations, California Natural Resources Agency, State of California
• Mary Anne Dekoning, Branch Chief, California Department of Technology, Statewide Technology Procurement, State of California
• Al Dietz, Section Chief, Employment Development Department - Information Technology Branch, State of California
• Raymond Esquer, Data Processing Manager III, Chief of Onsite Support Services and User Support Lab, Department of Financial Information System for California (FI$Cal), State of California
• Veronica Gilliard, Mainframe Services Branch Manager, California Department of Technology, State of California
• Liz Glogowski, Chief, Service Desk, Covered California, State of California
• Barney Gomez, Chief Information Officer, California Department of Health Care Services, State of California
• Chery Hanks, Manager WASS and eGateway Section, Franchise Tax Board, State of California
• Richard Harmonson, Chief Information Security Officer, Department of Water Resources, State of California
• Greg Kakigi, Data Processing Manager III, Chief of Software Platform Services, Department of Financial Information System for California (FI$Cal), State of California
• David Langston, Security Operations Manager, California Department of Technology, Office of Information Security, State of California
• Linda Leonard, Data Processing Manager II, Enterprise information Services, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, State of California
• Steve Leonardo, Enterprise Architect Manager, California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), State of California
• Wesley Major, Chief Information Officer, Department of Finance, State of California
• Isaiah Mall, DPM IV/Project Director, CalVet, State of California
• Sonny Mangat, Information Security Manager, California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), State of California
• Cathy Martens, IT Management Services Manager, California State Lottery, Information Technology Services Division, IT Management Services, State of California
• Kanuri Murty, Data Processing Manager III, Chief of Business Intelligence and Analytics Services, Department of Financial Information System for California (FI$Cal), State of California
• Latha Narayan, Data Processing Manager III, California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), State of California
• Rosanna Nguyen, Oversight Manager, Data Processing Manager III, Department of Finance, State of California
• Brian Niski, Enterprise Solutions Chief, Department of Water Resources, State of California
• Joel North, Senior Information Systems Analyst, Project Manager, California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), State of California
• Gail Overhouse, Chief Information Officer, California Employment Development Department, State of California
• Enrique Parker, Deputy CIO of Operations, Covered California, State of California
• Kimberlee Pulido, Business Analysis Services Manager, California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), State of California
• Zaid Ridha, Service Center Technology Manager, Covered California, State of California
• Pat Root, Database Management Section Chief, California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), State of California
• Patrick Ryan, Information Security Officer, California High Speed Rail Authority, State of California
• Michael Shallcross, Principle Network Engineer, California Natural Resources Agency, State of California
• Justin Short, Senior Programmer Analyst/Webmaster, Governor's Office of Emergency Services, State of California
• Anand Surve, Data Processing Manager IV, Chief of Project Management Office, Department of Financial Information System for California (FI$Cal), State of California
• James Warrior, Systems Software Specialist III Supervisor, Department of Motor Vehicles, State of California
• Kevin Wong, Senior IT Project Manager, California High Speed Rail Authority/California Department of Technology, State of California
• Jadine Yamamoto, DPM III, California Highway Patrol, State of California
• Rayna Zanzi, Manager, Systems Software Support Section, Franchise Tax Board, State of California