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Bethesda, MD-based TISTA Science and Technology Corporation has appointed Art Gonzalez as chief information officer.
About the Company
TISTA Science and Technology Corporation focuses on delivering information technology (IT) and professional services to Federal and State agencies.
About the Person
Arthur Gonzalez joined VA in 2013 to lead SDE through several phases of change. Previously, Art Gonzalez As TISTA`s Chief Information Officer (CIO), Art leads TISTA`s Project Management Office (PMO), and PMO Center of Excellence with standardized best practices for managing federal IT programs. He has extensive experience in the public and private sectors, including the federal government, financial services, retail, and healthcare. Prior to joining TISTA, Art served as Chief Information Officer for the Internal Revenue Service. As CIO, he managed and oversaw an annual budget of $2 billion and 7,000 IT professionals in the Modernization and Information Technology Services organization that provided services to 100,000 employees across 700 locations to support the U.S. tax system. Prior to his tenure with the IRS, Art served as CIO and Senior Vice President with Oxford Health Plans, where he leveraged an $83 million budget and a staff of 400 employees to support the turnaround of a 1.5 million member managed healthcare organization. Prior to that Mr. Gonzalez was Divisional Vice President with Kmart Corp in Troy, MI. where he was responsible for application development and support services for all financial and administrative systems. Earlier in his career, he held information technology leadership positions at Great Western Bank, Glendale Federal Bank, California Federal Bank, and Western Airlines. Gonzalez will become the IRS CIO after serving for two years as Deputy, Chief Information Officer.As CIO, Gonzalez will oversee strategic and operational responsibility for the IRS Modernization and Information Technology Services (MITS) organization, which supports the US federal tax administration system.The CIO organization oversees a nearly $2 billion annual budget and a 7,000-person organization that maintains over 400 systems and supports more than 100,000 IRS employees. As Deputy CIO, Gonzalez oversees the IRS information technology functions and operations.While Deputy CIO, Gonzalez also served in a dual role as the Acting Associate CIO for Enterprise Networks, responsible for managing the design and engineering of the IRS telecommunications environment.Gonzalez joined the IRS in September 2004 as Deputy Associate CIO for Information Technology Services, where he assisted in managing the IRS portfolio of Information Technology operations. Gonzalez has more than 25 years of IT leadership experience in financial services, retail, transportation and health care.Before joining the IRS, he served as CIO and Senior Vice President of Oxford Health Plans, where he oversaw all IT services for the company`s business units and business partners.He has also held IT leadership positions at Kmart, Great Western Bank, Glendale Federal Bank, California Federal Bank and Western Airlines.
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