Keith Wood, employed with Laurens Commission of Public Works, has successfully graduated from the 2009 Certified Government Chief Information Officers Program offered by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Government. Mr. Wood is part of the inaugural South Carolina-based cohort offered in conjunction with the Municipal Association of South Carolina.
The CGCIO program is the first local government specific program for CIOs in the nation and began in 2004. The program is designed for local government Information Technology Directors and Chief Information Officers whose responsibilities require a broad understanding of management, leadership, and enterprise topics. The course is approximately 240 hours in length. Course instruction covers enterprise issues, strategic technology planning, communication, project management, emerging trends, risk assessment and management, acquisition management, change management, leadership, security, and financial trends.
Keith Wood is one of the 19 South Carolina public sector employees who successfully completed the course this year. Over the course of its five-year existence, the CGCIO program has graduated over 250 public sector IT professionals.
