President George W. Bush plans to nominate Dale W. Meyerrose, of Indiana, to be CIO at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Major General Meyerrose is a man of many titles: He’s director of Command Control Systems and CIO for Headquarters North American Aerospace Defense Command; director of architectures and integration for Headquarters United States Northern Command; and CIO for Headquarters United States Northern Command. (You can read about Meyerrose’s massive restructuring of Air Force enterprise architecture–and the lessons he learned from it–in the archives of CIO magazine online.) North Carolina Governor Mike Easley-D reappointed Robert S. Brinson, CIO of the North Carolina Department of Correction, to the N.C. Geographic Information Coordinating Council. Brinson received his bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from N.C. State University and master’s degree in business administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is also a licensed certified public accountant. Ohio Governor Bob Taft-R appointed William F. Sams, associate provost for information technology and CIO of Ohio University, chair of the E-Tech Ohio Commission, which promotes access to educational technology. Sams, who hails from Athens, Ohio, holds bachelor of business administration and MBA degrees from Ohio University as well as a law degree from the University of Santa Clara.Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher tapped the CIO of the Kentucky State Police as the director of Kentucky’s Office of Homeland Security. Alecia Webb-Edgington had served as interim director of the department since June. Prior to serving as interim director of the department, Webb-Edgington served as the office’s deputy director for operations and prevention initiatives. She is on loan from the Kentucky State Police, where she is a major. She plans to retire from the state police force in November, but will stay on with the homeland security agency. Related content feature We’re all becoming software CIOs — a role Red Hat CIO Jim Palermo knows well As products become more based in software, CIO roles will increasingly align with CIOs who’ve been selling software for decades, like Jim Palermo, CIO of open source solution provider Red Hat. By Martha Heller Nov 15, 2023 7 mins CIO Software Deployment Marketing feature New US CIO appointments, November 2023 Congratulations to these 'movers and shakers' recently hired or promoted into a new chief information officer role. By Martha Heller Nov 08, 2023 9 mins CIO Careers IT Leadership interview How Huber spurs innovation in a historically decentralized business With IT/OT convergence, digital technologies, and the growing importance of data, Huber CIO Dwain Wilcox leads the creation of a cross-functional, cross-business innovation engine. By Martha Heller Aug 23, 2023 6 mins CIO Enterprise Cloud Management interview CIO Ryan Snyder on the benefits of interpreting data as a layer cake Thermo Fisher Scientific CIO Ryan Snyder discusses a tiered model used to turn data into value at the $40 billion laboratory equipment and instrument maker. By Martha Heller Aug 02, 2023 8 mins CIO Data Architecture Data Governance Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe