Experience

Illinois Supreme Court

• United States
• Administration of Justice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Information Officer, Illinois Supreme Court / Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts

  • Jun 1995 - Present

  JMIS: Feb. 1998 - present // other AOIC positions IT Leader providing technical leadership on statewide initiatives in the Illinois Judicial Branch. Notable initiatives include technical leadership for statewide e-filing (eFileIL), which processes 500k filings a month and includes the Supreme Court, Appellate Courts (5 Districts), and all circuit courts in 102 counties. Illinois e-filing integrates directly with 14 different case management systems and offers filers a choice of 20 EFSP service providers. Expanding upon the eFileIL initiative, the Supreme Court directed the use of a central repository portal to compile and provide remote access to Illinois case information and documents. Other enterprise technology initiatives include audio / video recording systems in approximately 425 circuit courtrooms across the state and all reviewing courts used to capture court hearings. Over the past 2 years, events required a change from in-person court hearings to remote and hybrid hearings. The remote hearing technologies were deployed across Illinois courtrooms and configured to integrate with existing courtroom technologies to provide easy-to-use solutions which controlled evidence presentation systems, sound systems, and the digital audio / video recording systems. IT leadership is also responsible for website deployments, cybersecurity, in-house and commercial applications, implementation of a uniform reviewing court case management system, and new initiatives for an online and real-time enterprise reporting system collecting uniform data and statistical reporting. In addition to a staff of 25, JMIS partners with numerous technology service providers. Show less



Alexander & Alexander, Inc.

• Technical Manager

  • Jan 1994 - Jun 1995

  Network and server administration overseeing a distributed Oracle database infrastructure and Novell LAN’s that administered online pension funds for McDonnell Douglas employees using an automated voice response system that was updated daily with stock values. Provided technical oversight and regional support for Alexander & Alexander offices in the Midwest. Network and server administration overseeing a distributed Oracle database infrastructure and Novell LAN’s that administered online pension funds for McDonnell Douglas employees using an automated voice response system that was updated daily with stock values. Provided technical oversight and regional support for Alexander & Alexander offices in the Midwest.



Vigoro Industries, Inc.

• Manager Microcomputer and Telecommunication

  • Aug 1984 - Jan 1994

  Develop and support for a fertilizer point-of-sale inventory, shipping, invoice, manufacturing database application which then transmitted daily sales and inventories to the corporate office for farm market and production plants throughout the country. Implemented and administered EDI with wholesale and retail AgriBusiness partners to streamline ordering, receipt and inventory transactions. Develop and support for a fertilizer point-of-sale inventory, shipping, invoice, manufacturing database application which then transmitted daily sales and inventories to the corporate office for farm market and production plants throughout the country. Implemented and administered EDI with wholesale and retail AgriBusiness partners to streamline ordering, receipt and inventory transactions.