Cook County’s CIO on overhauling outdated IT systems

Cook County’s CIO on overhauling outdated IT systems

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Over the past few years there has been more and more pressure on government to treat technology more like companies in the private sector. Cook County took a step in that direction in April when they named Simona Rollinson as Chief Information Officer, after 15 years with Follett Software. Her task: Update an antiquated web of IT systems, something often easier said than done in county government. She joins us to discuss what she’s doing to overhaul their outdated IT systems.