Bob Devyldere

Bob DeVyldere leads the award winning Information Services group at the Oregon Water Resources Department. During the past 15 years Bob has been responsible for strategically delivering high quality and quantities of information to both internal and external customers. An early adopter of Open Source and Internet tool sets, he has directed an organization that leads all Western States in delivering water resource information to customers. He is active in several statewide groups developing data standards for Geographic Information Systems that encourages data sharing between State, Local and Federal agencies. He has also led other state agencies in developing their long term information management strategies and currently serves as Chair of the Sate CIO Council's Open Source Community of Practice.

Mr. DeVyldere received a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Willamette University and is a certified Oregon Project Manager.