Director of Technology Partnerships

In 2003, George Boersma was appointed Director of Technology Partnerships for the Department of Information Technology.

In July of 1996, George became the Chief Information Officer for the State of Michigan and Deputy Director for the Department of Management and Budget, which includes Statewide Standards and Planning, Consolidated Data and Telecommunications Centers, and Project Management. In that capacity, he oversaw the Office of Information Technology Solutions, Office of Project Management, Michigan Information Network, Computing Services, Information Technology Services Division, and Telecommunications Services.

George joined the State of Michigan as State Purchasing Director in July of 1994, where he was responsible for overseeing the state's central purchasing activities. Mr. Boersma was instrumental in the initiation of numerous reforms related to state purchasing activities.

Prior to this, he worked for 27 years in the private sector -- 22 of those years with Michigan National Bank, the fifth largest bank holding company in Michigan. While at Michigan National, Mr. Boersma held a wide variety of positions including Director of Lansing Properties, Director of Corporate Purchasing, and First Vice President of the Credit Card Division, which was one of the top fifteen credit card operations in the country.

Mr. Boersma has a Bachelor of Science Degree from Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan.