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Alex Pettit | |
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 Alex Pettit, January 2020 | |
| Chief information officer of theState of Oklahoma | |
| In office April 5, 2010 – January 3, 2014 | |
| Governor | Brad Henry Mary Fallin |
| Preceded by | Post created |
| Chief information officer of theState of Oregon | |
| In office January 4, 2014 – April 6, 2018 | |
| Governor | John Kitzhaber Kate Brown |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1966 (age 58–59) |
| Occupation | Public administrator |
Alex Pettit is an Americanpublic administration official who held office as Chief Technology Officer for the State ofColorado Governor's Office of Information Technology.[1][2] Pettit was formerly thechief information officer for theState of Oregon. As State CIO, Pettit worked in theDepartment of Administrative Services and was responsible for all information and telecommunication systems for all state agencies.
Pettit was the first CIO for the State of Oklahoma, serving from April 2010 until January 2014. He resigned.[3]
In March 2014, Pettit was appointed interim CIO forCover Oregon, the agency responsible for the implementation of the Health Care Exchange in compliance of theAffordable Care Act. Cover Oregon was deemed too costly, and scrapped in favor of the federal website.[4] Due to accusations of fraud, an FBI investigation was opened intoOracle Corporation which was contracted for Cover Oregon.[5]
Under Petitt, the Oregon unit came under question, when an audit stated that "steps necessary to make sure the agencies are meeting federal cyber security requirements" had not been taken. There were 2 security breaches in 2014 and 2015.[6]
Pettit was appointed to his position byGovernorJohn Kitzhaber on January 6, 2014.
Pettit earned his bachelor's degree from theUniversity of Wisconsin–Parkside and received aMaster of Business Administration fromLoyola University of Chicago. In 2014, he completed hisPh.D. in Interdisciplinary Information Sciences from theUniversity of North Texas.
Pettit began his public career in 1998 inDenton, Texas as the first Chief Technology Officer for the city. He served in this capacity until October 2008. He then worked for private companyMarsh McLennan in planning. He served in that position until 2009 when he became a consultant forBrown University where he served as project manager for planning and coordination of Brown's data center.
In 2010, Governor of OklahomaBrad Henry appointed Pettit as the State's first Chief Information Officer. On January 6, 2011, Governor-electMary Fallin announced that she would retain Pettit as State CIO. Pettit left the State of Oklahoma in January, 2014 and assumed the position of CIO for the State of Oregon. On April 6, 2018 Pettit resigned his position as the State of Oregon CIO. He served in the administration of GovernorKate Brown.
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