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Steve Nichols, Ph.D.
Chief Technology Officer
Steve Nichols, Ph.D., serves as chief technology officer for the state of Georgia. Since he joined GTA in 2002, Nichols has played a key role in several important initiatives to modernize the state’s IT infrastructure. Among major projects are relocation of the state data center; an upgrade of the state’s wide area network; a contract to provide Voice over IP services to state agencies; and an upgrade of PeopleSoft. He helped to design program requirements and evaluate applications for Wireless Communities Georgia, Gov. Sonny Perdue’s initiative to help Georgia cities develop high-speed networks.
Nichols advises GTA leadership and state agencies on technology issues and leads the CIO Council, an advisory group of 37 agency CIOs formed to establish technology standards for state government.
Before coming to GTA, Nichols was a principal consultant at Daugherty Systems (now Daugherty Business Solutions) in Atlanta, where he provided technical leadership and strategic advice on enterprise-wide software architectures. Previously, Nichols worked for Cemax-Icon, which develops software for medical imaging and archiving. He holds a bachelor of science in applied physics, a master of science in physics and a Ph.D. in physics, all from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
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