Adel W. Ebeid
Chief Innovation Officer (CIO)

Prior to his appointment as the City's first Chief Innovation Officer (CIO), Adel Ebeid was the Chief Information and Technology Officer for the State of New Jersey since March 2006. In his capacity as the CIO and CTO for the State of New Jersey, Mr. Ebeid was responsible for the State's entire technology portfolio which included infrastructure services, application development and maintenance, enterprise architecture and solutions, e-Government services as well as Geographic Information Systems.    To carry out the day-to-day management and operations for IT in the Executive Branch, Mr. Ebeid led the Office of Information Technology which is comprised of 800+ technology professionals dedicated to supporting the technology platforms necessary to carry out and support government operations.  In addition to his traditional role as the State's chief technology executive, Mr. Ebeid also Chaired the E-911 Commission as well as co-Chaired the Public Safety Interoperable Communications Commission. Mr. Ebeid is well respected among his peers for his enterprise and strategic thinking and is currently one of four Executive Directors on the board of the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO).

Prior to his role as the State's CIO/CTO, Mr. Ebeid was the Chief of Operations and Technology for the Motor Vehicle Commission where he was responsible for technology modernization efforts and the statewide digital driver license program from 2002 to 2006.  Prior to that, Mr. Ebeid was the first Chief Information Officer for the Department of Environmental Protection where he led a department-wide effort to consolidate infrastructure platforms and integrate the Department's fragmented systems into a single, integrated environmental management system that is currently the model for other state environmental management systems.

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Jim White
Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Jim White was named Chief Operating Officer in November 2011. He joined OIT in 2007 as the Deputy Director of the Program Management Office and was later promoted to PMO Director. Before assuming his current duties as COO, Jim was serving as the Director of IT Service Management and interim Director of Infrastructure Services. He also serves as the OIT Integrity Officer.

Before joining OIT, Jim was IT Director at the Philadelphia Department of Public Health for eight years, and previously served in various capacities at Health including LAN Administrator, Network Administrator, and IT Project Manager. His work there focused on consolidation of systems, integration of business solutions, and teambuilding. While at the Health Department, Jim served on the Executive Board of the National Association for Public Health Information Technology (NAPHIT). Jim has worked for the City since 1995, and prior to that he worked as a CAD Engineer and Network Administrator in the private sector.

Jim holds a MS in Information Science from Pennsylvania State University, a BS in Computer Science from Spring Garden College, and a BA in Communications from the University of Connecticut.

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Dan Heitzer has over 30 years of experience in business and information technology consulting in multiple industries. He was a Partner at both Coopers & Lybrand and KPMG, and a Senior Principal with IBM Global Services. Dan has provided consulting and systems implementation services to numerous Fortune 500 clients including Pepsi, Gillette, Wyeth-Ayerst, Merck, Ford Motor, Clorox, Scott Paper, and Avon. His areas of specialization include cost reduction, business process re-engineering, performance measurement, change management, large-scale systems integration and program/ project management methodology and ‘best practices’. Dan leverages his understanding of business and IT to help organizations strategize, plan and execute their key business initiatives. Dan has successfully completed numerous enterprise-wide systems projects involving business transformation, business process re-engineering, systems design, and development and implementation.

Dan has a BS in Engineering from Pennsylvania State University and an MBA in Management from Temple University.

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