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The following content is from an older version of this website, and may not display correctly.As people in the upper IT management positions in California State institutions prepare to meet the first in a series of deadlines Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's office created for the state-wide data center consolidation effort, it was announced that the state's top IT official had been tapped to head IT operations of a large federal agency.
US President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate California State CIO Terri Takai to the position of CIO of the Defense Department and Assistant Secretary of Defense (Network and Information Integration). For Takai to assume the role, the US Senate has to confirm the president's nomination.
The role is currently filled on an interim basis by Cheryl Roby.
If confirmed, Takai will step from one hectic environment into another. Both California and the federal government have recently started major efforts to reform their IT assets, including data center consolidation and changes in the way governments use IT services.
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger issued an executive order in February, calling for a 30-percent reduction in IT energy use by all state agencies by 2012. Later that month, White House CIO Vivek Kundra issued a memo to all federal agency CIO's, ordering them to conduct inventories of their IT assets and come up with data center consolidation plans by the end of August.
Before stepping into her current role, Takai served as director of the IT department and CIO of the State of Michigan. There, she undertook a restructuring and consolidation of the state's IT resources, merging all of the assets into one centralized department. Prior to joining Michigan's government, Takai held a top IT management position Ford.
US President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate California State CIO Terri Takai to the position of CIO of the Defense Department and Assistant Secretary of Defense (Network and Information Integration). For Takai to assume the role, the US Senate has to confirm the president's nomination.
The role is currently filled on an interim basis by Cheryl Roby.
If confirmed, Takai will step from one hectic environment into another. Both California and the federal government have recently started major efforts to reform their IT assets, including data center consolidation and changes in the way governments use IT services.
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger issued an executive order in February, calling for a 30-percent reduction in IT energy use by all state agencies by 2012. Later that month, White House CIO Vivek Kundra issued a memo to all federal agency CIO's, ordering them to conduct inventories of their IT assets and come up with data center consolidation plans by the end of August.
Before stepping into her current role, Takai served as director of the IT department and CIO of the State of Michigan. There, she undertook a restructuring and consolidation of the state's IT resources, merging all of the assets into one centralized department. Prior to joining Michigan's government, Takai held a top IT management position Ford.