North Dakota's CIO talks IT spending, private sector roots

North Dakota’s state chief information officer is used to unconventional work environments. Shawn Riley, who is also the cabinet secretary of the state’s Information Services Division, was appointed by Gov. Doug Burgum in 2017 — a man who was thrown out of the state senate for wearing jeans. But Riley is not altogether different, and that’s why he said he thinks he was the right fit to lead North Dakota’s technology office despite a lack of prior government experience. He joined host John Thomas Flynn on Ask the CIO: SLED Edition to talk about his background, the state of North Dakota’s IT spending and what that means for their cybersecurity.