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Before joining Optm, Hinkle most recently served as client executive for Armis, a Palo Alto-based company that offers solutions in enterprise, finance, health care, manufacturing, retail and smart cities. Before that, Hinkle had been with the California Department of State Hospitals, beginning as an application developer and moving up through the ranks as technical lead for the enterprise server team, team manager and project director, then as DHS’ chief technology officer and ultimately as the chief information officer for the department, a role he held for three years.
In addition, he previously worked as a system administrator for the California Secretary of State’s Office and as a web developer for the California Highway Patrol, as well as having been a consultant with ADEA Systems as a solutions architect and application developer.
“I’m really excited to join the Optm team, as Optm was always one of my go-to partners when I was at DSH,” Hinkle told Industry Insider — California. “In this role, I’m going to be focusing on working with state departments and agencies and bringing technology solutions to their business problems.”
While he was CIO for DSH, Hinkle was featured in an Industry Insider “One-on-One” interview, in which he discussed the department’s move to telework and other topics.
Hinkle is a graduate of California State University at Sacramento, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and government. He is also an alumnus of the California Department of Technology’s Information Technology Leadership Academy.
