{"id":396754,"date":"2026-07-13T17:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T17:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/396754\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T17:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T17:26:09","slug":"longtime-exec-will-lead-california-digital-services-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/396754\/","title":{"rendered":"Longtime Exec Will Lead California Digital Services Office"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a post on LinkedIn<\/a> on Friday, Deputy State Chief Technology Officer Chaeny Emanavin announced he would be taking a new position with the California Department of Technology\u2019s<\/a> (CDT) Office of Digital Services (ODS).<\/p>\n

Emanavin<\/a> has served as deputy CTO for more than two years, returning to state service after a stint as a senior adviser at Johns Hopkins University. Before that, he served as director of the California Health and Human Services Agency\u2019s<\/a> (CalHHS) Office of Innovation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m looking forward to using this role to help erode silos and support these experts. ODS and OTECH strives to continually improve how CDT supports statewide technology. I’m proud to be part of this team!\u201d he wrote in the post.<\/p>\n

The pivot won\u2019t mean a separation from Poppy<\/a>, the state\u2019s tailored internal virtual assistant, which will still be on his priority roster along with other developing products. Emanavin noted that he is looking forward to working on California’s Identity Gateway<\/a> and Delete Request and Opt-Out Platform<\/a> (DROP).<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a new working title \u2014 state chief digital products officer. This means returning to my product management roots in more user-facing projects,\u201d he wrote in the post.<\/p>\n

Those product management roots extend beyond the halls of state IT and into the federal government, where he served as director of product at the U.S. Digital Service, digital program manager for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and as an IT specialist with the Bureau of Indian Affairs.<\/p>\n

Emanavin holds a Master of Arts in communication, culture and technology from Georgetown University, and a Bachelor of Science in symbolic systems from Stanford University.<\/p>\n

This story first appeared in Industry Insider \u2014 California<\/a>, part of e.Republic,\u00a0Government Technology\u2019s parent company.<\/p>\n

\n Eyragon Eidam is the managing editor for Industry Insider \u2014 California. He previously served as the daily news editor for Government Technology. He lives in Sacramento, Calif.\n <\/p>\n

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