NOMINEE REQUIRING SENATE CONFIRMATION

AGENCY DIRECTOR BACKGROUND SUMMARY

 

 

NOMINEE:   Chad Ingram Kirkpatrick  

 

POSITION:   Government Information Technology Agency (GITA)    - Director

 

APPOINTING GOVERNOR:   Janice K. Brewer

 

DATE OF APPOINTMENT:   March 20, 2009

 

TERM ENDS:  At the pleasure of the Governor

 

POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DIRECTOR: 

Statute requires the GITA Director to serve as the chief information officer for information technology. The director establishes the minimum qualifications for each authorized position with the qualifications subject to review by the information technology authorization committee. The director employs, determines employment conditions and prescribes the duties and powers of administrative, professional, technical, secretarial, clerical and other persons as necessary to perform the department’s duties and contract for services of outside advisors, consultants and aides as reasonably necessary. Employees of GITA are exempt from Arizona Department of Administration Personnel Administration (A.R.S. § 41-3502).

 

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE OR OTHER STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS:

Laws 1996 established GITA. The Governor appoints the GITA director to serve at the pleasure of the Governor. Statute allows the director to receive compensation (A.R.S. § 41-3502).

 

SALARY:   

$ 135,000 / annually

 

AGENCY BUDGET AND FTEs:

                                                                                                            FY 2009 (estimate)

General Funds	$  3,455,700
Information Technology Fund	$  3,685,400
Web Portal Fund	$  5,000,000
Non-appropriated and Federal Funds	$  1,181,500
Total Funds	$ 13,322,600

 

24 FTE positions – FY 2008-2009 (estimate)

 

 

 

 

 

NOMINEE’S QUALIFICATIONS:

 

Education:

Master of Arts             Economics                   American University

Bachelor of Arts         Political Science          George Washington University

 

Employment:

Wells Fargo                 Financial                      Vice President             2003-present

MSS Technologies      Consulting                   Sr. Consultant             2000-2002

MicroAge                    Computers                   Director                       1998-2000

Hypercom, Inc.                                               Financial Analyst        1997-1998

Currency Dynamics                                        Founder/President       1995-1997

Energy Security Analysis, Inc.                       Analyst                        1994-1995

U.S. Treasury Dept.                                        Intern                          1993

U.S. Senator Steve Symms                             Legislative Asst.         1991-1993

 

Other Qualifications:

Databases: SQL Server 2005 / 2000, IBM DB2 8x, MS Access

Languages: T-SQL, DB2-SQL, Stored Procedures, Unix shell scripting, HTML

Methodologies: Object Oriented Analysis and Design, Use Cases

Business Intelligence: Cognos, Business Objects, MS Analytical Services, Crystal Enterprise

Applications: Erwin 3x / 4, MS Project, Visio, DTS packages, Rapid SQL, WinSQL, Biz             

                           Desk-eCommerce, IIS, Windows XP / 2000 / 98 / NT

 

 

 

 

Government Institutions Committee

April 7, 2009