Strategic PartnershipsSylvia Hernandez Kauffman will rejoin the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) as chief information officer (CIO). Kauffman was the agency’s inspector general for five years, the last government role she held before launching her own consulting company.
Kauffman’s career in government spans 26 years, starting as an intern with the Washington, D.C., Office of Management and Budget. She later moved to Massachusetts, where she specialized as a senior IT policy analyst and later as the project manager for the state’s Information Technology Division.
Kauffman left Massachusetts to take up a leadership role with the state of Texas’ Office of the Attorney General as chief technology officer (CTO). She served in various positions within the office, including director of the Office of e-Health Coordination, deputy inspector general for data and technology and principal deputy inspector general for HHSC.
She will officially begin her tenure as CIO for HHSC on Aug. 15. As CIO, Kauffman will direct the agency’s IT vision and strategy. She will lead the department’s efforts to maintain HHSC’s IT systems and advance policies to support agency goals and programs.
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