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Doug Engle

Director, Office of Information Technology

Leadership

Doug Engle has served as chief information officer (CIO) of DBHDD since April 2013. Previously he served as CIO of the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice for 15 years, and with the Georgia Department of Corrections performing application development management between 1990 and 1998.

As the CIO for DBHDD, Doug is responsible for managing all staff who support telecommunications/network, data, and voice; software development and maintenance; desktop/laptop support; business data reporting; and ensuring that our information technology is secure. Doug has extensive experience working in both the private and public sectors of information technology. He earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration with emphasis in management from Kennesaw State University in 1998, and he completed two years of study in math and computer science at North Virginia Community College and the University of Virginia during the late 1970s.