DIRECTORS

Janet Wright Director of Information Systems Born in Oak Ridge Tennessee, Ms. Wright is a Knoxville educated senior level professional with over twenty-five years of computer systems experience. After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Tennessee with Mathematics and Chemistry as a major, Ms Wright embarked on a career at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Job assignments as a programmer and project leader for "the Lab" led Ms. Wright to co-author and publish several articles related to using computers to model environmental effects and energy consumption. While working in Oak Ridge, Ms. Wright continued her education and expanded her technical expertise by completing a Masters degree in computer science with an emphasis on electrical engineering. Soon after, she left the academic laboratory environment and embarked on a career in the "real" world. Immediately after the Three Mile Island nuclear incident, she was hired by Technology for Energy Corporation to assist in delivering a 20 million dollar computer system that could remotely diagnose and control a nuclear incident. While on the project, Ms Wright was promoted to the project engineer and then the project manager and successfully delivered the complex system to Arizona Nuclear Power. After the nuclear industry bottomed, Ms. Wright left TEC to become the thirteenth employee at Perceptics Corporation; an imaging company founded by Dr. Ralph Gonzalez, University of Tennessee professor. There, Ms. Wright designed and delivered information management systems for state and local governments, legal firms, nuclear power plants, and strategic weapons facilities. After the company grew to close to 200 in size, Ms. Wright assisted in the acquisition of Perceptics by Westinghouse Corporation. Ms. Wright left Westinghouse to join Wang Laboratories, the grandfather of imaging technology. There she reported directly to Don Casey, President of imaging technology. Using her experience with state and local government, she served as a liaison to solve issue related to product deliveries of large imaging systems. Ms. Wright traveled extensively in this effort and worked with both technical and sales teams. During this time, Ms. Wright started a consulting business that assisted companies with product design and marketing. In January 1998, Ms.Wright joined the City of Knoxville as Information Systems Director. There, she organized and cultivated the Information Systems Department into an efficient and effective operation to serve more than 1200 computer users. Using her experience as a supplier of large complex information and image-based computer systems; Ms Wright provide an objective knowledge source to the City to analyze operational processes, create detailed RFP hardware and software requirement, negotiate contracts, replace key software applications, and provide project management training to staff. Major City I.S. Accomplishments (1998 forward): Y2K Modifications on all Mission Critical Software MicroSoft Office Automation (1200 Users) Desktop Computer Standardization (1200 Users) Payroll and Human Resources Peoplesoft Installation (50 Users) KPD Records Management (300 Users) KFD Incident Management (23 Users) Inspection and Code Complaint System (60 Users) KPD Cruiser Laptops (300 cars) Wide Area Network Fiber to Safety Bldg, Loraine St, 5th Ave, Coliseum, and Elm St Locations KPD Wireless Network Access at 20 locations Internet Web site upgrade including e-services such as property tax lookup Intranet site that includes City employee leave, directory, and paycheck information Employment History: City of Knoxville (January 1998 to Present) Director, Information Systems Functions as Chief Information Officer for the City. Managed both operational and functional staff to support over 1200 computer users at the City. Wang Laboratories (October 1994 to December 1998) Industry Expert Application software liaison between sales and technical staff for 4 major state and local government software products. Specific responsibilities include software functional design, customer workflow analysis, system recommendations, responding to RFPS, competitive review, market surveys, contract negotiation, and project management. Perceptics - Westinghouse (April 1985 to September 1994) Product Manager Founded the Image Management Systems Division. Managed technical and marketing staff. Responsible for over $35 million revenue supplying image management systems for customers such as U.S. Air Force, Lockheed Missiles and Space, County Register of Deeds, County Law Enforcement Offices, and corporate legal firms.< Technology for Energy Corporation (April 1982 to 1984) Project Manager Delivered radiation monitoring custom software and hardware to the nuclear power industry. Project manager of a $20 million contract with Bechtel to design and install a computer system for Arizona Nuclear Public Service to remotely monitor the plant during a nuclear incident. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (April 1973 to 1982) Project Engineer Project engineer for a variety of software projects including a residential energy usage simulator. Co-authored several energy related articles in Science magazine and other well-known technical journals. Education: University of Tennessee B.S. Mathematics and Chemistry, Phi Beta Kappa M.S. Computer Science, GPA 4.0 Current Board Memberships: Technology 2020 Board Member Korrnet Board, Vice President Knoxville- Knox County Geographical Information Advisory Member 911 Technical Advisory Member ITT Member CIO Council Member Personal: Ms. Wright has one son, Oliver, who is a freshman at the University of Tennessee. As a former vestry member and currently serving on Altar Guild, she is actively involved in her church. She enjoys exercise and loves to travel. Both she and her son are avid U.T. sports fans. Information Systems