Gary Johnson, Mba Email & Phone Number

Salem, Or, Us

As Chief Technology Officer at SAIF Corporation, I lead the organization’s technology strategy and execution, driving innovation and operational excellence to support the company's mission of improving workplace safety and health for Oregon’s workers and businesses. Key Responsibilities:- Provide strategic leadership and direction for SAIF’s IT initiatives, ensuring alignment with business goals and objectives.- Oversee the development, implementation, and modernization of technology solutions across the enterprise.- Lead cross-functional teams to drive technological innovation, optimize system performance, and enhance cybersecurity infrastructure.- Collaborate with senior leadership to define and execute digital transformation initiatives that improve operational efficiency and customer experience.- Foster a culture of innovation and collaboration within the technology department, empowering teams to solve business challenges with cutting-edge technology.- Manage key technology functions including enterprise architecture, technology architecture, and information security.- Build and maintain strong partnerships with stakeholders to ensure alignment between technology investments and business outcomes.

Salem, Or, Us

Responsible for strategic planning, development, implementation, and management of IT initiatives for multiple State of Oregon agencies, aligning with the state's goals and priorities. Drives innovation, security, and digital transformation to improve government services and enhance citizen experience for the 9th largest U.S. state serving over 4.2M residents.

Salem, Or, Us

Held executive responsibility for a $40M+ budget and had authority over $1M per purchase order. Pioneered Oregon's inaugural consolidated cybersecurity organization and spearheaded comprehensive security measures and policies for 46K+ employees across 66 agencies, resulting in strengthened cyber resilience and statewide risk mitigation.

Salem, Oregon, Us

Advisor providing knowledge and tools to scale our cloud-based SI Partners. Consulted with Executive Partner staff Primary tax collection agency in Oregon, overseeing 1K+ FTEs and recognized as an integral part of the state's enterprise ecosystem. Directly managed a 6-member team and provided leadership to 200+ professionals.

Salem, Oregon, Us

➤ Team: 4 Direct & 56+ Total – Operating Budget – Productivity & Efficiency Gains ➣ Reduced the department of revenue’s data center Recovery Time Objective (RTO) by 80% (10 days to 2 days) for mission critical services.➣ Modernized legacy tools, established IT governance protocols, set up a disaster recovery process, and standardized hardware, mobile devices and operating system builds.➣ Upgraded all PCs and mobile environment in support of allowing them to utilize technology regardless of environment.

Salem, Or, Us

➤ Team: 30+ Total – Biennial Budget – Technology Architecture – Customer Relationship Management➣ Built a sound data center ecosystem while streamlining business management and IT operations.➣ Managed two of the largest accounts: Oregon DHS and Oregon DOT, managing all aspects of customer relationship management, technical architecture, infrastructure install and design, application development, and data metrics.➣ Efficiently ran the state data center that delivered the right service level and capacity at the right time, and at a reasonable cost. Built team capabilities and uncovered new approaches to efficiency.➣ Matured customer engagement, satisfaction, & service processes by improving customer communication channels and implementing greater process transparency.

Boston, Ma, Us

➤ Team: 7 Technical + an offshore software QA team - P&L - $4M Cost Reduction – Vendor Negotiations➣ Operated as head of global PC hardware and mobile device technology for 55,000 systems. ➣ Established Fidelity Investments’ first offshore software QA certification team in India. This multi-million dollar critical business expansion went from a zero resource position to completion on-time and under budget➣ Received the "FISC President's Award" for innovative solution by re-architecting Fidelity's employee remote access solution from a very technical non-user friendly to an intuitive, plain language Q&A install.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Health/Health Care Administration/Management

Master Of Business Administration - Mba