The new additions were announced this week by Dr. Scott MacDonald, the company’s senior district director of field sales for the Western states, in an email to Techwire.
“Info-Tech’s IT Advisory and Consulting demand is growing in California, which requires strategic investment in local talent to ensure that our public-sector clients are well-served,” said MacDonald, who was promoted to his current role in September. The five new additions are:
- Jerry Driessen, who most recently was the chief technology officer for the city of San Jose. Driessen, who previously served as a county IT executive in Minnesota, began his new role last month as an executive counselor with Info-Tech. “I am excited to join Info-Tech to help public-sector IT leaders make the linkage between technology-based research and solving real-world civic problems,” Driessen said. “I bring 25-plus years of achieving measurable results through innovation and technology implementations across a diverse range of public-sector business lines and have a long track record implementing large-scale transformation efforts while building and leveraging internal and external relationships at all organizational levels.” In his role as San Jose’s CTO, Driessen said, “I directed the buildout of the city’s Portfolio-Products-Projects Office, executing key technology product portfolios along with elevating efficiency and minimizing costs.” MacDonald provided a comment from Info-Tech leadership: “Jerry will be a big asset to Info-Tech as an executive counselor, having ‘walked the walk’ as a CIO/CTO in California and Minnesota local government.”
- Katy Piatanesi, a veteran of the private sector who had been with Gartner for 26 years, most recently in the role of relationship manager, before assuming her new role with Info-Tech last month as an executive counselor. “I am energized by the actionable, programmable resources that Info-Tech brings to our clients to advise them and contribute to achieve their goals,” Piatanesi said. “Info-Tech’s positive culture is a priority, which empowers me and maps to my areas of expertise to solve challenges and accelerate positive outcomes. I am thrilled to be part of the ITRG team!” Info-Tech leadership said, “Katy brings decades of experience to Info-Tech’s executive services, having supported IT leaders in their professional and personal initiatives.”
Katy Piatanesi - Scott Porter, the new vice president for consulting. Porter is the former chief information officer and commander of the IT Bureau for the Los Angeles Fire Department, a role he held for almost five years after decades in the public and private sectors in a variety of tech-related roles. “I bring more than 35 years of experience working in the public sector solving big problems by bridging the gap between business and technology,” Porter said. “During my career, I worked with more than 100 jurisdictions across the U.S., Canada and the UK, ranging from very large jurisdictions, like New York, Chicago, London and Los Angeles, to the very small and more rural municipalities. My career also includes two decades in IT management consulting with Gartner, where I was responsible for public-sector consulting teams in New York City and North America, leading consulting delivery and business development.” Said Info-Tech leadership: “Our consulting arm is strengthened with Scott in a leadership role at Info-Tech. Serving the public sector can be a complex and daunting task on the best of days, but Info-Tech is in good hands with Scott.”
Scott Porter - Paul Jenson, a veteran of sales, management and business development whose previous professional affiliations include IBM, Gartner, Hewlett-Packard, Cisco and NextNet. Jenson’s role with Info-Tech is senior regional director, based in the Los Angeles area. “I joined Info-Tech after having worked over 20-plus years in large software/hardware companies including IBM, HP, Cisco and a couple startup software companies,” Jenson said. “A common challenge with my various clients, both public and private sector, is they are pulled in too many directions to take full advantage of their technology investments. Working with the public sector here in Southern California, I am excited to help our customers/prospects focus on the key fundamentals of IT, and Info-Tech has already done the heavy lifting for these fundamental processes. Helping customers maximize their investments brings a great deal of personal satisfaction, and Info-Tech provides the best path the achieve this goal.” Info-Tech leadership added: “The county and city of Los Angeles presents itself with unique IT challenges, and Info-Tech is excited to bring Paul to grab that bull by the horns and provide the local support they need and deserve.”
Paul Jenson - James Tremaine, a sales professional with more than 20 years’ experience, most recently as regional sales executive in Northern California for Achieve3000. Tremaine’s new role with Info-Tech is regional director, based in the Sacramento area. His previous affiliations include ParcelQuest, Act-On Software, Gartner and WebEx. “With over 25 years’ experience in enterprise software and a passion for continuous improvement, joining the team at Info-Tech was a no-brainer,” Tremaine said. “The opportunity to partner with local public-sector agencies to help solve real-world challenges while continuing my own development as an IT professional was a dream come true. I look forward to making a difference both here in my community and at Info-Tech, and continuing to learn from the brilliant minds around me.” Info-Tech leadership added: “Info-Tech continues to keep up with the ever-changing state landscape and, to do so, we needed to invest in more local talent directly within Sacramento. We’re lucky to have James on board with his extensive career in IT!”
James Tremaine
