Philadelphia information technology officer will leave post
Allan Frank, who as Philadelphia's first chief technology officer has worked to consolidate its information-technology efforts, will stop working for the city in February and return to private industry. In the short term, Frank said, he plans to do management consulting.
Allan Frank, who as Philadelphia's first chief technology officer has worked to consolidate its information-technology efforts, will stop working for the city in February and return to private industry. In the short term, Frank said, he plans to do management consulting.
With an annual salary of $209,000, Frank, 55, is the city's second-highest-paid employee. The top earner is Chief Medical Officer Sam Gulino, at $239,200.
Mayor Nutter also announced Wednesday that Frank would head the new Mayor's Advisory Board on Technology.
"Allan has played a vital role in restructuring the city's IT assets," Nutter said.
Tommy Jones, first deputy chief information officer, will serve as interim chief technology officer while the city begins a nationwide search for Frank's successor.
After being hired in 2008, Frank led an effort to consolidate information-technology assets, people, operations, and financial resources in one division. That work was spread across 33 agencies.
Frank also played a key role for the city and several nonprofits in winning $18 million in federal broadband stimulus funding to support computer centers, training programs, and jobs that serve Philadelphia neighborhoods with limited broadband access, the city's news release said.