Politics & Government
Riverside County Hires New Head Of Information Technology and Finance System
Kevin Crawford is selected to run the county's information technology department and the OASIS financial system.
Kevin Crawford, formerly a high-ranking administrator for the City of Los Angeles, has been chosen to oversee Riverside County’s information technology and OASIS financial system.
The chief information officer oversees a staff of about 200 employees in the Riverside County Information Technology Department and OASIS, the county’s financial system for payroll and a host of other business-related activities, county spokesperson Raymond Smith said.
Crawford is expected to start work the first week in January.
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Crawford, 51, has served as assistant general manager in Los Angeles’ infrastructure and communications bureau since 2008. In that position, he directed a 300-person bureau assigned to 28 teams and was instrumental in implementing Google apps for mail service, a change that saved the city millions of dollars.
Previously, he was chief information officer for the Puget Sound Transit Authority in Washington from 2003 to 2008, a senior manager for the Port of Seattle from 2000 to 2003, and a regional support manager for the Weyerhauser Company from 1993 to 2000.
