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Elliot Schlanger Secretary of Information Technology Department of Information Technology Phone: (410) 260-2994 Fax: (410) 974-5615 Year Appointed: 2007

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Biography

Mr. Elliot Schlanger is the Secretary of the Department of Information Technology for the State of Maryland. After guiding the creation of the new cabinet level department, Mr. Schlanger is responsible for broad oversight and management of enterprise IT policy, operations, and project execution in collaboration with the IT leadership throughout state government.

Prior to re-joining the Governor Martin O’Malley team, Mr. Schlanger was the founding principal and chief technology engineer for Metrix Technology Engineering, LLC, a management and technology consulting company that specializes in government performance management and customer relationship management.

Previously, Mr. Schlanger served as Chief Information Officer for the City of Baltimore under then-Mayor O’Malley. Under his tenure, Elliot developed the technology behind the internationally acclaimed CitiStat program and led the successful execution of many other model projects such as 3-1-1, CitiTrack CRM, and one of the largest city-wide video surveillance systems. On behalf of the City of Baltimore, Mr. Schlanger received numerous awards including the coveted Gartner CRM Excellence Award and a CIO 100 Award from CIO Magazine.

Prior to joining the City of Baltimore, Mr. Schlanger served as the Divisional Chief Information Officer for the $3 billion, 15,000 employee, world-class engineering & construction unit of the Raytheon Company.

Elliot holds an undergraduate chemical engineering degree from the University of Delaware and a master of business administration degree from the University of Miami.

Other Information

IT Office Authority:

• Approval Authorities:
  • Executive Branch agency major IT development projects;
  • Expenditures for Executive Branch agency major IT development, including incremental funding and administration of Major IT Development Project Fund; and
    • Developing, maintaining and enforcing statewide IT standards, policies and procedures;
    • Providing technical assistance, advice and recommendations concerning IT matters;
    • Reviewing Executive Branch agency annual project plans to make information and services available to the public over the Internet;
    • Developing and maintaining a statewide IT master plan; and
    • Promulgating regulations and enforcing nonvisual access standards to be used in the procurement of IT and the provision of IT services by or on behalf of units of State government.
• Functional Authorities:
  • Oversight of Executive Branch major IT development investments;
  • Oversight of Executive Branch master IT contracts and resultant procurements;
  • Oversight of Executive Branch IT planning and budgeting;
  • Management of large statewide IT systems and services:
    • Financial management information systems (accounting, procurement, timekeeping and reporting);
    • High-speed network;
    • Telecommunications systems;
    • Internet Portal and Intranet.