Jared W. Snow is CMD’s chief information officer, a position he has held for just more than two years, since November 2020. A 21-year-plus member of the Army National Guard, he is currently an operations officer; his previous roles include company commander and special projects officer.
Snow has a bachelor’s degree in organizational management with an emphasis on project management from Ashford University, and an MBA in project management and leadership from Liberty University. His doctoral dissertation for his Doctor of Business Administration in leadership and management at George Fox University is titled “Exploring the Relationship Between Domestic Violence and Workplace Violence.” He has a High Performance Leadership Certificate and an Executive Leadership Certificate, both from Cornell University; he is also a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.
“As most state agencies and departments as well as the federal government have experienced, hiring the right person for the right job at the right time in the right place is a struggle, and so really focusing that effort on getting that right person in is key to our success,” Snow said.
Assessment and timing are crucial to patching, the CIO said, indicating it’s vital when patches are needed to ascertain whether they’ll solve issues — or create “follow-on problems” to be resolved. Staffers and executives play important roles in patching as well. People, Snow said, “are the issue and the solution” where patching is concerned, and education about patching is essential across all levels of the organization.
In September, Snow took part in Industry Insider’s One-on-One interview series; find that conversation here.
