Allen, a former chief information officer at the Kansas Department of Human Services, was appointed to the CITO job last July amid a cabinet shakeup by Colyer, who became governor after Brownback accepted a diplomatic appointment in the Trump administration. Sam Brownback and Jeff Colyer left the architect role empty for four years, but Davis’ hiring will be the latest reshuffling of the state’s IT leadership. The COO position, which has been narrowed to handling day-to-day administrative tasks, has not been filled since its last occupant, Donna Shelite, resigned in October.įitzgerald did not say why former Govs. As the state’s new IT architect, Davis will also oversee the development of new IT services. Kansas is now wrapping up several consolidation projects, most notably the replacement of state agencies’ old mainframes with four data centers managed by Unisys. “ With the addition of new consolidated services it really became apparent that had to be split,” Fitzgerald said. Previously, the COO managed vendor relationships and service requests in addition to running the day-to-day management of the agency, including personnel matters. Courtney Fitzgerald, OITS’s communications director, explained to StateScoop that the new position was the result of splitting the responsibilities of the agency’s chief operating officer.
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