Rico Singleton - A Strategic Business Innovator and Technology Senior Leader
Rico Singleton is a highly esteemed, c-level technology leader, with 18 years of experience in leading and optimizing emerging technologies primarily in higher education and public sector industries. Rico’s profound business sense and determination to achieve greater heights made him an icon for potential business visionaries in the US.
The IT expert has been providing strategic oversight of innovative information technology initiatives, overseeing IT committees and collaborating with leading IT service providers around the world.
An Insightful, Professional Experience
Throughout his career, Rico has led several strategic, technology transformation projects, in the capacity of National Director, US Technology Workforce at Apollo Education Group, CIO at City of Baltimore, CTO at New York State Office of Information Technology Services, CIO at Ohio State Treasurer and as Senior IT Advisor to the State CIO at State of Ohio.
At Apollo Education Group, Rico Singleton was responsible for the education technology strategic direction market development. This was a market-facing role working directly with the national partners and clients to drive thought leadership in education technology.
Prior to this role, Rico Singleton was Chief Information Officer (CIO) at City of Baltimore, with the responsibility for the underlying IT infrastructure of Baltimore’s mission-critical IT processes, cloud computing, and mobile strategies. The IT giant worked to maximize government transparency & to improve civilian-government engagements through the launch of cutting edge platforms such as ‘Together Baltimore’, a CRM solution built upon SalesForce.com for constituent engagement.
Innovator with a Creative Edge
Rico Singleton is truly an innovative technology leader who transforms business problems into solutions through the delivery of strategic IT projects and innovative programs.
Rico has earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Computer Information Systems, a MBA, a Masters of Information Systems Management, and is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Higher Education Administration at University of Phoenix. He is a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and also certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT).
Awards and Accolades
For project leadership, Rico has been recognized several times with prestigious awards and accolades, such as Computerworld’s Premier 100 IT Leaders Award, CIO Magazine Ones to Watch Award, 40 Leaders Under 40 Award, and a CIO Commendation Award.
His initiatives include improving service delivery through embracing efficient and effective use of technology; promoting online development opportunities to increase self-service capabilities; creating business models for delivering new services; and leading strategic initiatives to transform the technology department to be adaptable, flexible and responsive to the client needs.
“I am very passionate about information technology and how technology can be used to assist the way people work and live. My experience in the IT industry leads me to giving back and supporting the information technology industry and Open Source community projects.”
