Speaker Biography
Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson appointed
Phil Bertolini as Deputy County Executive/CIO for
Oakland County , in January 2005. He is currently
leading the Wireless Oakland initiative that will
provide free wireless broadband to all residents,
businesses and visitors in Oakland County . In
his previous position as Director of Information
Technology, Phil was responsible for overseeing
the technology strategic planning, development
and services provided to all of County government
and the 62 local cities, villages and townships.
He began his career with Oakland County in 1988
with the Equalization Division. Phil was named
Director of the GLIMA Network, Automation Alley's
Association of Interactive Professionals, in 2002
where his responsibilities include; development
of new chapters, nurturing of existing chapters
and the oversight of the network-wide events. Currently,
there are eight chapters statewide.
Phil is currently a Steering Committee Member
of the eGovernment Compass Project of the John
F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University
. He participates in many technology collaborative
efforts with various governmental entities trying
to promote enterprise solutions and the integration
of government services.
The Oakland County Department of Information Technology
was named as one of the "Top 100 Agile Enterprises" by
CIO Magazine in 2004 and again recognized in the "Top
100" in 2006. Also in 2004, Phil was honored as
the CIO of the Year by Automation Alley. Oakland
County was recognized as the number 4 county in
the nation in the 2006 Digital Counties Survey
conducted by the Center for Digital Government.
Phil received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Telecommunications
from Michigan State University . He resides in
Oakland County with his wife and two children. |
