CenITex appoints new CEO

The Victorian Government's IT shared services agency CenITex appears to have nabbed the Victoria police force's head of research to be its new chief executive.

"New CenITex CEO announced - Michael Vanderheide," wrote Susan Sly, the director of information management & research at fellow Victorian agency VicRoads, on Twitter yesterday.

Neither CenITex nor Victoria Police have but responded to calls requesting comment on the matter this morning, nevertheless the most high-profile executive of that name in the Victorian Public service is the current chief information officer and executive director of infrastructure at Victoria Police. Vanderheide was appointed to that role in 2009 afterwards a lengthy career helping lead the ACT Government's own shared services efforts.

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