Mike Wons, Architect of Illinois' Technology Modernization, Returning to Private Sector

Government Technology: Mike Wons, Illinois’ chief technology officer (CTO) and a key architect of its ongoing tech modernization, is stepping down, he confirmed to Government Technology Dec. 11.

He is the state's second leading technology official to resign in three months, following the departure of Chief Information Officer Hardik Bhatt, who joined a public-sector-facing team at Amazon, Sept. 14.

In an email, the CTO said he will join SAI Global — a private-equity-backed global risk, compliance and cybersecurity company — at the beginning of 2018 as its chief technology and product officer. But he indicated that he intends to remain involved in goverment IT.

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