What Happened?
Tinley Park, IL-based State of Illinois Promoted Hardik Bhatt as Secretary Designate, Department of Innovation and Technology and State Chief Information Officer
About the Company
The government of Illinois, under the Constitution of Illinois, has three branches of government: executive, legislative and judicial. The executive branch is split into several statewide elected offices, with the Governor as chief executive, and has numerous departments, agencies, boards and commissions. Legislative functions are granted to the General Assembly, composed of the 118-member House of Representatives and the 59-member Senate. The judiciary is composed of the Supreme Court and lower courts.
About the Person
As the state CIO,Hardik Bhatt will work with all state agencies to align, utilize and streamline technology usage to fit their business priorities in order to transform services provided by state agencies to their constituents. Bhatt also leads the Bureau of Computer and Communication Services and is responsible for IT infrastructure, service delivery and governance across the state. His experience in the private and public sectors in information technology will help transform Illinois’ IT infrastructure so it’s more efficient and accessible. Prior to joining the State of Illinois, Bhatt was a Senior Director with Cisco and led the market development function for Internet of Everything for Global Public Sector. As part of that, Bhatt worked with mayors, governors and CIOs to help them extract value by connecting the unconnected public assets like parking spots, trash cans, streetlights, etc. Prior to that, Bhatt led Cisco’s Business Development for the Americas for Cisco’s Smart and Connected Communities Business. Bhatt joined Cisco in 2010, after being the Chief Information Officer for the City of Chicago and Commissioner for the Chicago Department of Innovation and Technology for five years. Bhatt also built and led the Smart Chicago program, which is considered a national model for improving access to affordable broadband in the community, while increasing technology awareness, talent and usage. Bhatt has an MBA from Northwestern and a bachelor’s degree in computer science from MS University in Baroda, India. He lives in Chicago.
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