Shawn Osborne

State CIOs Face High Stakes Balancing Act

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For state chief information officers, life at the office has become delicate high-wire act. While under pressure to continue delivering legacy information technology services that are critical to day-to-day operations, CIOs still have to keep up with the surging demand for new IT services, such as mobile- and cloud-based computing.

That’s a central theme from the results of a just-released survey of state CIOs by the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO), TechAmerica, and consulting firm Grant Thornton LLP, said Doug Robinson, NASCIO’s executive director. Keep reading →

 /  Published October 25, 2012 at 8:01 AM

Technology Trade Group Names New Chief Amid Consolidation Pressures

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TechAmerica, a leading technology trade association, announced Shawn Osborne, a veteran software industry executive, started today as its new president and chief executive officer.

Osborne comes to TechAmerica as an accomplished executive and someone familiar with the workings of Washington policymakers. As president, CEO and director of Ulticom Inc., he led Ulticom from a small professional services organization to become a world leader in telecommunications signaling products. He also led Ulticom through a successful public offering on the NASDAQ, where the company was recognized at one point as the fourth best performing Technology IPO of the year. Keep reading →

 /  Published March 13, 2012 at 2:28 PM