Coventry City Council serves England’s ninth largest city and the 11th largest in Great Britain. The city has a population of over 300,000 and remains an important commercial city for the British economy hosting manufacturers such as Jaguar cars, as well as utilities leaders Severn Trent Water and financial services operators. IT Leader:Kevin Malone, Assistant Director of ICT In role since: Eight months Reporting line:Reports to Director of Customer Welfare Board level seat:No, but sits on transformation board IT budget: £12 million IT estate and or number of log on accounts under the control of the IT leader: 15,000 log on accounts for users. Level of the workforce that relies on technology to carry out their tasks:  100 per cent IT staff currently employed:108 Split between in-house/outsourced staff: All in house IT management team and reporting structure: ICT strategy and architectureICT changeICT operationsHead of ICT support services Primary technology platforms at the organisation:Microsoft Primary technology suppliers:Microsoft Significant strategic technology deals been struck in the last 12 months:Moved all their IT in house since AprilStrategic aim of the CIO and IT operations for the next financial year: To consolidate and build to meet the needs of councils transformation program Technologies considered by the leader to offer their organisation potential:Use a lot of virtualisation and looking into using cloud Future transformation and technology vision for the organisation:IT has already transformed the organisation. All elements of the council’s transformation program have relied on IT. To have a more mobile workforce with the tools that they need to do their jobs. Looking at rationalising various backup systems.