Mike Nguyen starts today as the chief technology officer of the California Department of Transportation.
Nguyen, who previously was director of the CalPERS Data Center, will oversee the IT Infrastructure Division at Caltrans and is responsible "for all aspects of IT policies, standards, processes and procedures governing the design, development, implementation, maintenance and operations of Caltrans IT infrastructure, and critical IT services that support Caltrans day-to-day business operations," the department said.
Nguyen has worked in various state government roles the past 20 years. He was CIO of the Department of Health Care Services (2008-10), and held managerial positions with California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the Department of General Services and the Financial Information System for California (FI$Cal).
At Caltrans, Nguyen will report to CIO George Akiyama, who also came to the department from CalPERS.
