The New York State Office of Information Technology Services (ITS) today announced that 47 ITS employees were recognized as Outstanding IT Managers at the annual New York State IT Leadership Academy. The Outstanding IT Manager Award recognizes individuals who demonstrate exemplary leadership, customer service, and public stewardship through team-leading, implementing innovative solutions and serving their agency and constituents.
New York State Chief Information Officer Robert H. Samson said, "Congratulations to the Outstanding IT Manager Award winners! ITS is fortunate to have many talented managers who are working hand in hand with our agency clients to implement technology solutions that continue to drive New York State forward. Thank you to Government Technology for recognizing their important contributions. This award recognizes their leadership and accomplishments as we work together to deliver innovation that matters ... for all New Yorkers.
2019's New York State Outstanding IT Managers from ITS are as follows:
Finance Team: Matthew Anatriello, Julie Alexander, Alysia Guilbeault, and Joseph Schult
Duane Averill
Edward Behan
David Bell
Shelly Brosen
Qin Chen
James Ching
John Cunningham
Joseph DeGiule
Stephanie Grooten
Kangjun Han
Randi Harris
Tammy Iacobucci
Steven James
Gary Jurczynski
David Kislowski
Debra Laing
Dawn Lajeunesse
Jacob Lolik
Patrick Maloney
Charlene Maroni
Don McCort
Premila Melvin
Thomas Morgan
Christopher Murphy
Colleen Murray
Darren Newsome
Andrew Pecak
Michael Peluso
Aaron Rhoades
Denise Richards
Michael Schoeppler
Jeff Scott
Karin Silvernale
Barrington Smith
Sean Snyder
Marcy Stevens
Steven Struzinsky
Robert Trembley
David Trifaro
Melissa Weatherwax
Anthony Wein
Joseph Zanotelli
This year's outstanding IT managers were honored in a special awards ceremony held during the 2019 New York State IT Leadership Academy. The IT Leadership Academy, which took place on April 4 and 5 in Albany, was hosted by Government Technology in partnership with the State of New York.
During the awards ceremony, Government Technology also recognized ITS Chief Technology Officer Rajiv Rao and ITS Chief Operations Officer Leslie Brennan as the 2019 New York State IT Leaders of the Year.
For more information about ITS, visit http://www.its.ny.gov and follow us on Twitter @nysits.
About ITS
The New York State Office of Information Technology Services (ITS) was created in 2012 to transform IT services in an effort to make New York State government work smarter for its citizens and enable the state to be accessible for businesses through the use of technology. ITS provides statewide IT strategic direction, directs IT policy and delivers centralized IT products and services that support the mission of the State. ITS operates data centers 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to support statewide mission-critical applications for over 50 Agencies, over 17 million citizen accounts, 120,000 employee accounts, 60,000 phones, 99,000 desktops and laptops, and 3,433 Virtual Desktop remote connections. ITS operates a secure network of over 1,600 miles of fiber to deliver telecommunications, Internet and Intranet services, enterprise email systems and support, IT training, networking, data storage and processing to State government entities in addition to developing new services in support of citizens, businesses and State Agencies.
For more information, visit https://its.ny.gov and follow us on Twitter @nysits.
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