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Office of Information Services

Tony Trenkle, Director & CMS Chief Information Officer

William Saunders, Deputy Director & Deputy Chief Information Officer

Henry Chao, Deputy Director & Deputy Chief Information Officer

Mark Hogle, CMS Chief Technology Officer

Office of the Chief Information Security Officer- Teresa Fryer, Director

Enterprise Data Group - Frank Cipolloni, Director
Division of Data Strategy & Program Management - Julia Fultz, Director
Division of  Data Enterprise Services - Ricardo Ott, Director
Division of Enterprise Information Management Services - Jennifer Mooney, Director
Division of Data Operations and Maintenance - Karen Allen, Director

Business Applications Management Group - Cathy Carter, Director
Division of Mainframe Applications, Development & Testing - Cynthia Kulow, Director
Division of Security & Mid Tier Applications Requirements & Testing - Regina Shock, Director
Division of Mainframe Operations & Transactions - Carol Young, Director
Division of Transactions, Applications & Standards - Christine Stahlecker, Director
Division of HITECH Operations - Scott Mueller, Director

Information Services Design & Development Group - Rosanne Hodge, Acting Director
Division of Program Management - Bruce Tarantino, Director
Division of  New Development  - Deborah Stewart, Director
Division of MA & Part D Application Analysis - Ron Graham, Director
Division of MA & Part D Testing & Reporting - Gem Nenninger, Director
Division of MA & Part D Operations & Customer Support - Dennis Skinner, Director

Enterprise Data Center Group - Cory Stevenson, Acting Director
Division of EDC Program Management - Erin Colgan, Director
Division of Customer Liaison & Support Services - Karen Shields, Director
Division of Operations Management - Mark Plaugher, Acting Director
Division of Production Integration & Management - Vacant, Director
Division of Enterprise Network Communications - Tim Walsh, Acting Director

Enterprise Architecture and Strategy Group - Debbie Auerbach, Acting Director
Division of Enterprise Architecture - Mike Azar, Acting Director
Division of IT Investment Management - Ronald Topper, Director
Division of IT Governance - Cynthia Anderson, Director
Division of Information Security & Privacy Management - Maribel Franey, Director

Resource and Acquisition Management Group - Carolyn Robinson, Director
Division of Executive Support - Janet Tierney, Director
Division of Contracts and Procurement - Scott Shippy, Director

Consumer Information & Insurance Systems Group - Henry Chao, Acting Director
Division of Enterprise Architecture & Requirements Management - Mark Oh, Director
Division of Application & Data Services - Kirk Grothe, Director

Functional Statement

  • Serves as the focal point for the responsibilities of the Agency's Chief Information Officer in planning, organizing, and coordinating the activities required to maintain an agency-wide Information Resources Management (IRM) program.
  • Ensures the effective management of the Agency's information technology, and information systems and resources (e.g., implementation and administration of a change management process).
  • Provides workstation, server, and local area network support for CMS-wide activities. Works with customer components to develop requirements, needs and cost benefit analysis in support of the LAN infrastructure including hardware, software and office automation services.
  • Serves as the lead for developing and enforcing the Agency's information architecture, policies, standards, and practices in all areas of information technology.
  • Develops and maintains enterprise-wide central databases, statistical files, and general access paths, ensuring the quality of information maintained in these data sources.
  • Directs Medicare claims payment systems activities, including CWF operation, as well as systems conversion activities.
  • Develops ADP standards and policies for use by internal CMS staff and contractor agents in such areas as applications development and use of the infrastructure resources.
  • Manages and directs the operation of CMS hardware infrastructure, including the Agency's Data Center, data communications networks, enterprise infrastructure, voice/data switch, audio conferencing and other data centers supporting CMS programs.
  • Leads the coordination, development, implementation and maintenance of health care information standards in the health care industry.
  • Provides Medicare and Medicaid information to the public, within the parameters imposed by the Privacy Act
  • Performs information collection analyses as necessary to satisfy the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
  • Directs CMS' ADP systems security program with respect to data, hardware, and software.
  • Directs and advises the Administrator, senior staff, and components on the requirements, policies, and administration of the Privacy Act.
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