Meg Ragan, a know-how chief with greater than 20 years of know-how expertise in the private and non-private sectors, will lead Napa County’s Info Expertise Companies Division because the chief know-how officer efficient Aug. 30.
Ragan takes over for CIO Jon Gjestvang, who retired in February and was briefly changed on an interim foundation by county Deputy CIO and CISO Greg Bown. Bown will return to his former position overseeing cybersecurity operations.
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Notably, Ragan won’t be taking the identical title as Gjestvang, because the position is being barely expanded to account for operational wants and the altering nature of know-how and communications, an official with the county informed Business Insider.
Ragan most not too long ago served because the county’s digital innovation officer, a place she accepted earlier this 12 months. She additionally held different positions with the county, together with webmaster and Emergency Operations Joint Info Heart supervisor.
“Expertise holds super energy to rework how authorities serves its folks,” Ragan stated in a press release. “My imaginative and prescient is to make authorities extra accessible, responsive and human. I’m excited to proceed fostering a tradition the place innovation helps the folks behind the providers — workers and neighborhood alike — and ensures that know-how strengthens connection as a lot because it drives effectivity.”
Whereas within the non-public sector, Ragan held a number of technology-based roles with eWinery Options, together with director of product and consumer providers, senior challenge supervisor and particular tasks, amongst others.
“What I worth most about Meg is her strategic, user-centered method to know-how — centered on constructing distinctive organizational tradition, simplifying and modernizing service supply, bettering buyer outcomes, and strengthening public belief,” County CEO Ryan Alsop stated in a press launch. “I sit up for the management she’s going to usher in empowering our group to new heights in delivering providers to the general public.”
Ragan holds a Grasp of Public Administration with a focus in emergency and catastrophe administration from American Army College.
