Pn Narayanan

Deputy Treasurer Chief Information Officer @Pennsylvania Treasury

The Pennsylvania Treasury department is responsible for over 25 million annual payment transactions worth more than $100 billion, but its IT systems were built during the 70s. My assignment as the Chief Information Officer is to develop comprehensive information and communications technology strategy (ICT) and execute the IT Transformation and Modernization program to bring the Treasury’s IT systems to 21st century standards. • Developed and executed Treasury Transparency project (Design Thinking and Agile project) • Responsible for all IT systems of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania\'s Treasury, lead efforts to transform and modernize Treasury Infrastructure. • Completed the largest and most complex, multimillion-dollar ERP project ever under taken by Treasury, which replaced a 30 years old Mainframe, and COBOL applications on schedule and under budget. • Transformed and modernized Treasury’s IT infrastructure, delivering a projected $42 million ERP project on time and approximately 16% under budget with no change orders. • Treasury’s IT Transformation and Modernization program is on track to end on time and millions of dollars below the budget. • Implemented two ERP systems, Microsoft Great Plains and Oracle PeopleSoft, implemented the Microsoft CRM system, modernized the PC Network, and successfully migrated end users to Windows 8.1 Office 2013 as part of the Transformation program. • Completed data center modernization, which is also a green project. Servers’ virtualization and Mainframe replacement saved Commonwealth annually in electricity cost. • Developed and executed strategic plan to align technology initiatives and budget dollars to support mission critical needs of the agency. • Developed and executed Cyber security awareness program for Treasury