About Paul Ruth

Paul Ruth is an Executive Counselor with Info-Tech Research Group. In this role he combines his experience and Info-Tech resources to provide strategy, advice, counsel, and customized support to CIOs and senior IT executives in the government and education sectors. As a technology executive, he leverages his extensive public sector expertise in strategy development, program management, business process improvement, and operations management to enable and enhance business value and drive innovation for IT leaders in the public and education sectors.

During Paul’s 40+ year career in Information Technology, he served 29 years with Cobb County Government with the last 14 in the CIO role. He then served as the CIO for the Georgia Department of Public Health, leading enterprise digital transformation efforts and initiating organizational and cultural change in a federated department. Most recently, he provided consulting and senior advisory services to government and education executives enabling them to leverage information and technology solutions to maximize the value on the services provided to their citizens.

Paul earned a Bachelor of Business Administration, cum laude, from Kennesaw State University. He also holds a certification in Public Management and a certificate in Local Government CIO Leadership from the Carl Vinson Institute of Government at the University of Georgia.

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