April 13, 2009
 

Governor Brewer Names Chad Kirkpatrick as State Chief Information Officer

New GITA Director Outlines Agenda for Agency

Chad Kirkpatrick commenced his duties recently as Chief Information Officer for the State of Arizona and Director of the Government Information Technology Agency. His appointment was announced by Arizona Governor Janice K. Brewer in March.

“Mr. Kirkpatrick will be a tremendous asset to GITA and to the State of Arizona,” said Brewer. “He is widely respected and recognized in his field and possesses a broad range of technical and leadership skills.”

During his first weeks as State CIO, he plans to meet with technology stakeholders and develop a long-term vision for the agency and technology in the State. One of his first priorities is to find opportunities to streamline government services to achieve cost savings and help the State meet its budget challenges.

“I’m honored to lead GITA in fulfilling its statutory missions of strategic technology planning, project approval and oversight, e-government, information security and privacy, and public safety communications interoperability,” said Kirkpatrick. “I’ll be looking for partnership opportunities with State agencies, local governments, and the private sector to leverage resources, improve efficiency, increase service and save taxpayer money.”

Kirkpatrick comes to GITA from Wells Fargo where he has served since 2003, most recently in the role of Vice President and Business Systems Manager of Compliance Services MIS. While with Wells Fargo, he created the MIS Roadmap to assess the MIS environment, identify MIS goals and develop an action plan to align technology and business needs. He was also responsible for fully automating the business process for regulatory compliance testing, managing the Information Security process for the Phoenix location; developing an innovative data analysis program to proactively identify potential regulatory issues, tracking corrective action and delivering critical information to the compliance team; working with the finance, operations and marketing teams to develop the next generation of reporting and leading corporate efforts to create common data definitions and corporate reporting standards.

He received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from George Washington University in Washington, DC and went on to earn his Master of Arts in Applied Economics from The American University.

State CIO Kirkpatrick can be reached at 602-364-4770 or ckirkpatrick@azgita.gov.