Ben Berry

Mr. Ben Berry serves as ODOT’s Chief Information Officer providing overall leadership, planning, development, and delivery of information technology services for ODOT and several other non-transportation organizations. As CIO for one of the largest state agencies and Chair of the State’s CIO Council, Mr. Berry supports Intelligent Transportation Systems, e-Government and major systems change and is responsible for systems supporting highways, bridges, rail service, right-of-way determinations, DMV and Motor Carrier Commercial Trucking inspections and licensing throughout the state. He is the former Chief Technology Officer of Providence Health System Oregon supporting a Service Area of 7 hospitals and 33 clinics. Mr. Berry has held executive and management positions in industries such as State and Local government, healthcare, telecommunications, aerospace/defense and airport transportation.

He received his M.B.A. from UCLA and a B.S. in Life Science - Biotechnology from the University of Portland. He has 25+ years in computer software program management and operations, computer applications development and design, and systems development for public and private sectors both in the U.S.A. and the Middle-East. In addition, he has facilitated business process improvement for the automotive, aerospace, healthcare industries and is the Winner of the Public Sector 2007 Oregon IT Executive of the Year, as chosen by the Society of Information Management (SIM).