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Windsor, ON-based City of Windsor has Appointed Harry Turnbull as Director of Information Technology
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To provide consistent corporate direction and leadership for the planning and delivery of municipal services and the achievement of corporate goals, while encouraging the establishment of processes and procedures that promote accountability to established standards and policies
About the Person
Harry Turnbull has 28 years experience working within municipal government beginning in Human Resources, and later as an Analyst Programmer, Technical Support Analyst, Manager of Technology Development and is currently the Executive Director Of Information Technology for the City of Windsor. He is currently a Board member for the Connecting Windsor Essex Smart Community initiative. Harry has served several roles with the Municipal Information Systems Association of Ontario (MISA) including President. He also represents the municipalities in Eastern Canada on the Public Sector CIO Council and is currently Co-Chair of that group. As a result of all this work the municipality has received several awards including: 1999 GTEC Gold Medal for Innovative Partnerships in the Municipal Sector, OLA partnership award in 2000, the 2003 Excellence in Municipal Systems" award and 2004 Silver medal from GTEC for the People Based Budget. Harry has earned individual IT leadership awards including the National Peter Bennet and Provincial Regena Lerke awards for outstanding contributions to the municipal IT sector. Harry earned his Bachelor of Computer Science degree at the University of Windsor.
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