Quentin Wright will be the departmental CIO/CTO, reporting to CDT's Chief Administrative Officer Miles Burnett.
In the statewide hierarchy, Amy Tong remains state CIO and CDT Director. Richard Rogers is acting deputy state CIO and chief deputy director of CDT.
"We are pleased to have Quentin Wright join the CDT team," Rogers told Techwire on Tuesday through a CDT spokesperson. "His skillsets fit both department CIO and CTO roles and will be key to the team’s overall success.”
Wright began his career with the state in 1994 as an IT manager for the Department of Motor Vehicles, a position he held for 24 years, with one two-year break. In 2005, he left DMV and moved to CDT. He worked at what was then Teale Data Center until 2007, returning to the DMV in 2007 and remaining until his promotion to the deputy directorship for IT for the Office of Traffic Safety in 2018.
In May 2018, Wright was named Deputy Director and CIO for Technology and Administration for the Office of Traffic Safety (OTS), whose mission is “to effectively and efficiently administer traffic safety grants while fostering partnerships to deliver innovative programs that reduce traffic deaths, injuries and economic losses.” Wright held that position for just under two years before being named to the CDT position in March.
Wright has held various positions in Enterprise Architecture, Program Supervisory, and IT Technical and Management classifications. He is also a graduate of the 25th Information Technology Leadership Academy (ITLA), one of several career-development programs that the state offers. He’s also a member of the Sacramento Blockchain Code Forum.
