Montana CIO Ron Baldwin Advances Strategic IT Vision

Taking the helm as CIO of Montana is Ron Baldwin http://itsd.mt.gov/about/ciowelcome.mcpx , who brings 30 years of experience in both public- and private-sector IT. Appointed by Gov. Steve Bullock, Baldwin, who served as CIO for Montana’s Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) since February 2009, assumed the position as state CIO in January 2013. Baldwin holds the office vacated by former state CIO Dick Clark, who retired late last year.

At the DPHHS, Baldwin played a key role in preparing the state to integrate with the federal health insurance exchange – the option Montana chose for its implementation of the Affordable Care Act, set to take effect in January 2014.

"We’re pretty well positioned with the technology and architecture we’ve put in place in recent years to successfully integrate and be interoperable with the insurance exchange," Baldwin told Government Technology. "There’s a lot of work to do, but I think the overall planning and foresight with the systems that we’ve put in in recent years has positioned us well to be ready."

By Noelle Knell

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State of Montana – Strategic Plan for Information Technology
2010

http://sitsd.mt.gov/content/stratplan/statewide/MT_IT_Strategic_Plan_2010_1_April_2010_final.pdf