Mike Locatis was appointed by Governor Bill Ritter as the State Chief Information Officer and Director of the Governor's Office of Information Technology in January 2007.  Mike serves on Governor Ritter's cabinet and is responsible for providing strategic direction and management for Executive Branch information and communications technology operations.  Since becoming the State CIO, Mike and the OIT team have made significant strides in moving the delivery of IT services from a highly decentralized, siloed model into a consolidated structure that will ultimately be more cost-effective, efficient and enable the state to optimize spending for IT decisions, projects and technology, improve enterprise service delivery, and allow for a more effective management of IT projects.
Prior to becoming CIO for Colorado, Mike was CIO for the City and County of Denver where he was recognized nationally by the Public Technology Institute for consolidating twenty disparate information technology departments into a single city-wide Technology Services Division. Mike's Technology Service team delivered new enterprise applications including 3-1-1 a comprehensive "one-stop shop" constituent service offering available today in Denver.

Before joining the City and County of Denver, Mike was the Senior Director of Enterprise Technology Strategy for Time Warner Cable. In this capacity, he managed the technology strategy and architecture development - responsible for transforming customer service delivery systems, including the alignment of call center, ERP, web and retail systems.

Mike currently serves as a director on the boards of NASCIO (National Association for State Chief Information Officers), CORHIO and CSIA.  He is a co-chair of NASCIO's Security and Privacy Committee. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Nebraska and his MBA from Colorado State University.