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Several departments are seeking high-tech expertise in the latest round of job postings on CalCareers. Here are the highlights.
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These funds can be key to breaking the innovation stalemate. In California, funding nimble, high-impact solutions can help replace inertia with action, helping agencies modernize IT systems and deliver better services for the public.
The board is seeking for a new IT leader after its previous CIO, Jefferson Willoughby, moved on to another state job.
“We’re definitely behind on some technology,” one official said after the New Year’s Eve crash. “It is an antiquated system and we have recognized that for some time.”
Subbarao Mupparaju, a longtime leader within the Financial Information System for California, recaps his department’s achievements during the year that just ended and looks ahead to what awaits the state’s business office in 2025.
“At the heart of his work was an unwavering dedication to his clients and government and a deep appreciation for the relationships he built, which will leave a lasting legacy,” his family wrote in a LinkedIn post.
“I am honored to continue work on the Little Hoover Commission, an independent voice advocating for policy reform, efficiency and accountability,” Nava said.
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Going forward, the state will be seeking to engage more with vendors and find partners to improve compliance and cyber hygiene across its massive, complicated enterprise.
Many new laws passed by California contain requirements for progress reports. This year, agencies have sent in such reports only 16 percent of the time.
“Be prepared, get excited and enjoy the metamorphosis. My prediction is that we will look back and wonder how we got by without AI,” writes state Transportation Secretary Toks Omishakin.
“Bob’s deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities within California’s public sector will play a vital role in strengthening our ability to serve this critical market,” said Brian Glowiak, Samsara’s director of major accounts in the public sector for the Western U.S.
The CDO will work with the department’s chief information officer and chief technology innovation officer and will interact with other departments and agencies.
Vendors and other innovators have opportunities to pitch and possibly demonstrate their proposals in the areas of housing, workforce planning and state finance. The window of opportunity for these Requests for Innovative Ideas is six weeks.
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San Jose also has expressed interest in working with Nvidia to pilot AI programs to further its sustainability goals, including reducing the carbon footprint.
After the municipality’s former longtime CIO retired, Culver City has a new chief information officer with a history of local government IT work in J.R. Wright.
Up to 700 manufacturing and tech jobs are expected to be created, along with 1,000 temporary construction jobs, according to the U.S. Commerce Department. Bosch is also in talks for up to $225 million in proposed loans from the CHIPS program.
Jeffrey Aguilar, the chief information security officer for the nation’s most populous county, has joined Hoag Health System, an Orange County-based company, as vice president and CISO.
Matt Mahan, who has experience in the tech-driven Silicon Valley private sector, reflected on the structural differences between government and the kinds of tech startup culture guiding the thinking of figures like Elon Musk or Vivek Ramaswamy.
The positions in recruitment are Enterprise Project Management Office manager, architecture and engineering chief, and data and reporting specialist.
Robert Koji Kumpulainien has been named deputy director for service innovation in the Office of Data and Innovation. Jarrett Krumrei has been named ODI's lead product manager. Both have been recognized for their previous work in the California Department of Technology.
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