Council names new information services director
Paul Clinton
Surf City has hired away San Bernardino’s information services
director.
The City Council on Tuesday appointed Janis M. Ingels as the
city’s new information services director to fill a job Fire Chief
Michael Dolder had been handling.
“Janis Ingels brings three decades of experience in information
systems,” City Administrator Ray Silver said. “With her guidance, we
will be able to offer cutting-edge technology and services to run the
city more efficiently and effectively for its citizens.”
Ingels spent the last 12 years of her career with San Bernardino
in a similar post. She managed a team of 21 employees who served 18
different city departments.
In San Bernardino, Ingels managed that city’s replacement of the
police and fire departments’ dispatch and records-management systems.
She also replaced that city’s backbone network, completed a master
plan for technological upgrades and implemented document-imaging
systems.
Ingels, who is scheduled to start in Surf City on Feb. 10, will be
asked to tackle a handful of challenges on the job. She’ll be asked
to develop a system that allows for online transactions, as well as
revamping the city’s Web site (www.surfcity-hb.org).
Ingels is also expected to streamline the city’s computer system.
Before her stint in San Bernardino, Ingels was a self-employed
consultant in the technology field. She offered her services to
private companies, including strategic planning, custom programming
and project management.
Ingels was a private-sector consultant from 1987 to 1990.
For the five years leading up to 1987, Ingels held a job as a
regional technical support analyst for McDonnell Douglas in Irvine.
From 1974 to 1982, Ingels was a senior programmer for D.A.B.
Industries, which distributed aluminum and brass parts. It was based
in Nashville, Tenn.
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