Colorado Appoints New CISO to Lead Office of IT Cyber Efforts - GovTech
2022-04-11 16:56 (EST) - News Staff
Earlier today, the Colorado Office of Information Technology (OIT) announced that Ray Yepes will be serving as its new chief information security officer. The nationwide search to fill the position started last August when former OIT CISO Deborah Blyth left to take on an advisory board position at Regis University’s Andersen College of Business and Computing. Since Blythe’s departure, OIT Chief Customer Officer William Chumley has served as the interim CISO, which will continue until April 25 when Yepes officially starts in the position. “Ray has such an impressive depth of experience as a cybersecurity professional and executive,” said OIT Executive Director and Chief Information Officer Anthony Neal-Graves in a release. “His ability to influence a sustainable security culture, foster change and develop people and relationships will enhance the protection of our state’s IT systems and data.” Yepes’ experience includes co-founding ATX Forensics LLC, a cybersecurity company, along with serving as the CISO of Waste Management Inc. and the former vice president of professional services at CyberEvidence Inc. “I’m grateful for the opportunity to lead the state’s security strategy and build upon Colorado’s mature and well-developed security program,” Yepes explained. “I look forward to embracing the Colorado lifestyle while doing what I love most: building a strong security culture and serving agency partners and residents by protecting the state’s technology infrastructure.”
