Written by Colin Wood
Oct 28, 2022 | STATESCOOP
After nearly six years as the top technology official in North Dakota, Chief Information Officer Shawn Riley announced earlier this month he’s stepping down in December to take over as CEO of American operations for cryptocurrency-mining and energy-development company Bitzero International.
At Bitzero, Riley told StateScoop, he’s eager to continue what he described as a career throughline of “making the world better for people.” In North Dakota, Riley oversaw drastic changes to the IT department’s responsibilities not only within the state government but across the state, particularly in defending against cyberattacks and launching education initiatives.
Shawn Riley (North Dakota Office of the Governor)
“We completed all kinds of things that…