Date: November 15, 2005
Release: Immediately
Contact: Dinah Phillips
Public Information Officer
Cuong Nguyen,
Santa Cruz County’s Director of Information Services has been awarded the
distinguished Visionary
Award for Information Technology Leadership by the California Counties Information Services Directors
Association (CCISDA).
The
CCISDA Innovation Awards are held each year to recognize County Information
Technology (IT) leaders for their vision, excellence in IT management, and for
their contribution to county government and their communities. The Visionary
Award is presented to Mr. Nguyen because of his vision of government made more
accessible, more efficient, more open and more accountable through the use of
technology. In addition, Mr. Cuong was selected for this honor because of his
leadership in inter-governmental cooperative efforts.
Mr.
Nguyen was appointed the Director of the Santa Cruz County Information Services
Department in February 2003. The Information Services Department provides
centralized automation, telephone, printing and other support services to
County departments to assist them with improving productivity and public
services. The department is also responsible for managing the County’s local
and wide-area networks and operates and supports a broad range of data
processing applications for County departments, including public safety
applications which require 24 hour seven days per week reliability. Mr. Nguyen
is responsible for a $12 million budget and oversees approximately 70
employees.
CCSID
will present Mr. Nguyen this award on November 29th,
at the annual conference of the California State Association of Counties in San
Jose. More information on CCISDA and the award program can be found at www.ccisda.org.