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LARRY TRUJILLO RESIGNS FROM OWENS
CABINET TO WORK FOR BUSH ADMINISTRATION
Governor appoints
Troy Eid to head Colorado Department of Personnel and General Support Services
DENVER – Governor Owens
today announced the resignation of one of his Cabinet members Larry Trujillo
and appointed Troy Eid as Executive Director of the Colorado Department of
Personnel and General Support Services.
Trujillo has taken a position as director of Region VIII for the United
States General Services Administration under the Bush Administration. The appointment of Eid is effective
September 1st and requires Senate confirmation.
“Troy Eid has a
well-earned reputation for his integrity, intellect and ability to bring people
together,” Governor Owens said. “His
background as my legal counsel, and as a respected business leader in the
high-tech community, will be a great asset to the people of Colorado.”
As chief administrative
officer for Colorado’s $13.6 billion state government, Eid will lead the
cabinet department that provides business services and operational support for
more than 60 departments and agencies statewide, including:
·
Providing computing
and telecommunications services; finance, accounting and procurement;
administrative hearings; and central services ranging from state motor vehicles
to printing, mail and archival services.
·
Managing and
maintaining state buildings and Colorado’s $8 billion real estate
portfolio.
·
Directing the State
Personnel System - Colorado’s civil service - and administering benefits and
human resource services for more than 46,000 state employees.
Eid, who grew up in
Wheat Ridge, is a graduate of Stanford University and the University of Chicago
Law School. Prior to joining the Owens
Administration in November 1998, Eid was the Chief Operating Officer of InfoTest
International, an Internet software development consortium founded by
Hewlett-Packard Co. in 1992 along with AT&T, Sprint, IBM, GM-Hughes
Electronics, Harvard University and 60 other organizations.
Eid, 37, has been
featured as “Who’s Who in Information Technology” in the Denver Business Journal and received the Outstanding Coloradan of
the Year Award from the Colorado Jaycees.
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