| Phillip Bertolini
Deputy County Executive and CIO, Oakland County, Michigan |
Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson appointed Phil Bertolini as Deputy County Executive/CIO for Oakland County in January 2005. Prior to that, Bertolini served as Oakland County’s Director of Information Technology. He began his career with Oakland County in 1988 with the Equalization Division.
Bertolini is a vocal advocate for enterprise solutions in government, cross-boundary resource sharing, and inter-jurisdictional cooperation. He has overseen the development of unique government technology programs and created successful models that can be implemented by other governments interested in improving operations while containing costs. Bertolini has traveled extensively to speak about eGovernment best practices and has authored a growing collection of resources to help other organizations modernize IT within today’s rapidly changing technology landscape. He has promoted his philosophy of “Build it once, pay for it once, and everybody benefits” to many other government agencies, including those within the U.S. and others as far off as Australia and Dubai.
Leadership/Awards:
- Oakland County placed first in the 2009 Digital County rankings, a nationwide survey conducted by the Center for Digital Government
- Oakland County placed first in the 2008 Best of the Web County Portal rankings
- Honored as the 2010 Outstanding Alumni for the College of Communications, Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University
- Member of the Harvard Policy Group for Network-Enabled Services and Government at Harvard University
- Member of the Communications, Arts and Sciences Alumni Board at Michigan State University
- Named among the 2007 “Top 25, Doers, Dreamers and Drivers” by Government Technology, along with Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson
- Named as the 2004 CIO of the Year for Automation Alley
Co-author and co-editor of book IT Budgeting and Decision Making: Maximizing Your Government’s Technology Investments, published 2009
Bertolini received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Telecommunications from Michigan State University. He resides in Oakland County with his wife and two children.