John Penczar

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Chief Information Officer

As a native Arizonan, it gives me great pleasure and pride to continue to serve my fellow Arizona residents.  It seems like only yesterday that I was at the University of Arizona writing programs on computer punch cards to be included in the nightly batch.  At that time, circa 1984, I dreamt of the day when I would be able to log in remotely to perform the computer work I love doing.  Turns out, I was thinking too small.  Who knew that everyone would be able to do just about any job from anywhere!  I have been fortunate enough to work in this industry as it evolved from punch card reading mainframes to cellular phones and the global internet.  I am proud of the many contributions I have made to create and maintain useful software solutions for the State of Arizona since 1998.