Award Winners from the 2017 Public Sector CIO Academy

During a ceremony and reception at the 2017 Public Sector CIO Academy in Sacramento, 30 IT Leadership awardees were recognized by their organizations' leadership based on their work during the past year. Two CIOs of the Year also were honored.

The following IT Leadership awardees were selected by their organizations' IT leadership based on their work during the past year:

• Peter Bedell, Data Processing Manager III, Project Manager, Department of Financial Information System for California (FI$Cal), State of California
• Gil Belcher, Project Manager, Information Technology Division, CDI Menu Modernization Project, California Department of Insurance, State of California
• Michael Cave, Manager, Client Services, State Treasurer's Office, State of California
• Shelley Cheechov, IT Supervisor, Staff Central & PRSM Developers, Caltrans, State of California
• Corinne Chin, Senior Project Manager (Data Processing Manager II), Information Technology Division, CDI Menu Modernization Project, California Department of Insurance, State of California
• Blake Cooke, Internet Application Services Section Manager (DPM III), Franchise Tax Board, State of California
• Amy Cooper, Data Processing Manager III, Chief of Quality Assurance and Testing Office, Department of Financial Information System for California (FI$Cal), State of California
• Gil Cortez, Systems Software Specialist III, Infrastructure Services Bureau, Network Engineering Section, Franchise Tax Board, State of California
• David Distefano, Project Manager, California Department of Technology, Office of Customer Engagement, State of California
• Sylvia Dumalig, Data Processing Manager III, Enterprise Information Services, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, State of California
• Don Foley, Chief of State Water Project Technology Operations, Department of Water Resources, State of California
• Jeffery Funk, Director of Enterprise Mobile Solutions, Systems Software Specialist III Supervisor, Enterprise Information Services, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, State of California
• Dana Gillaspie, FI/SCM Manager, Business Information System Program, Enterprise Information Services, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, State of California
• Greg Gollaher, Acting PMO Chief, Caltrans, State of California
• Fredrick Gomez, Chief, Server Infrastructure Management Section, Caltrans, State of California
• Amar Hariharan, Project Manager, California Department of Technology, State of California
• Eric Harrald, Data Processing Manager III, Information Security Officer, Department of Financial Information System for California (FI$Cal), State of California
• Michael Hom, Chief of Enterprise Technology Engineering, California Natural Resources Agency, State of California
• Priscilla Jiang, Application Services Manager, Department of Water Resources, State of California
• Seetharam Karnati, Data Processing Manager III, Chief of Enterprise Integration Services, Department of Financial Information System for California (FI$Cal), State of California
• Vikram Katyal, Chief Solution Architect, CalPERS, Information Technology Services Branch (ITSB), State of California
• Floyd Layher, Project Management Professional, Independent Project Oversight Consultant to the State Treasurer's Office – Debt Management System II Project, California Department of Technology, State of California
• Adi Lingam, Data Processing Manager III, Chief of Application Development, Department of Financial Information System for California (FI$Cal), State of California
• Mark Marshall, Middle Tier Engineering and Operations Manager, CalPERS, Information Technology Services Branch (ITSB), State of California
• Karl Pedersen, Hardware CORE Group Supervisor (SSS III Supervisor), Employment Development Department, State of California
• Wes Riley, Data Processing Manager III, Chief of FI$Cal Service Center, Department of Financial Information System for California (FI$Cal), State of California
• Kevin See, Chief of Enterprise Infrastructure Services, Department of Water Resources, State of California
• Dorothy Shimabukuro, Enterprise Test Office Manager, CalPERS, State of California
• Jason Waggoner, Client Technology Chief, California Natural Resources Agency, State of California
• Jim Williamson, Data Processing Manager III, Infrastructure Services Bureau, Server Management Section, Franchise Tax Board, State of California

Two CIOs of the Year also were recognized for their dedication and commitment to the state of California’s information technology initiatives.

• George Akiyama, Chief Information Officer, California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), State of California
• Subbarao Mupparaju, Chief Information Officer and Deputy Director, Information Technology Division, Financial Information System for California (FI$Cal), State of California