Jon Walton, 2013 Honoree
- Title
- CIO
- Employer
- County of San Mateo, Calif. (former CIO for the city and county of San Francisco)
- Location
- San Mateo, Calif.
- New titles in your IT organization:
- Chief innovation officer.
- Skills you'll hire for this year:
- Virtualization, mobile application development and security.
- A recent great deal from a vendor:
- An enterprise licensing agreement with VMware to streamline the procurement process and cut per-unit costs.
- Your relationship with a key business leader:
- Joint vision development of libraries and new community digital learning centers with chief librarian.
- Quick ROI project:
- Leasing dark fiber to partners for middle-mile transport.