EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Craig P. Orgeron, CPM, Ph.D. has extensive information technology experience in both the private sector and the federal and state level of the public sector. Currently, Dr. Orgeron serves as the Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services and Chief Information Officer for the State of Mississippi, a role he held previously for nearly a decade. In this role, Dr. Orgeron provides statewide leadership in the provision of services that facilitates cost-effective information technology and telecommunication solutions for Mississippi government agencies and institutions. Dr. Orgeron began his career as a communications-computer systems officer in the United States Air Force. He has served as an Executive Government Advisor with Amazon Web Services (AWS), President of the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) and on the Executive Committee of the Multi-State Information Sharing & Analysis Center (MS-ISAC), as well as participated in numerous government information technology task forces and committees, such as the Mississippi Broadband Task Force, the Digital Signature Committee, the Electronic Government Task Force, and the Governor’s Commission on Digital Government, which led to the implementation of the enterprise electronic government in Mississippi. Dr. Orgeron holds a bachelor’s degree in MIS, a master’s degree and doctorate in public policy and administration from Mississippi State University. Dr. Orgeron is a certified public manager and a graduate of the Senator John C. Stennis State Executive Development Institute, as well as the Institute on International Digital Government Research, the Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government Executive Education Series, Leadership for a Networked World, Cybersecurity: The Intersection of Policy and Technology, Leading in Artificial Intelligence: Exploring Technology and Policy, and the Harvard Business Analytics Program (HBAP).