Following nationwide searches, the Oakland Board of Port
Commissioners on March 14 approved the hiring of Ron Puccinelli as new chief
technology officer and Amy Tharpe as director of its Social Responsibility
Division.
As the port’s SRD director, Tharpe will partner with
community and businesses to promote positive social and economic changes and
develop a social responsibility strategy that will add value to the Port's business
development activities and to the communities in Oakland and throughout the
region.
Prior to being hired by the port, Tharpe managed San
Francisco’s HOPE SF Initiative, where she served as the city lead on
programmatic aspects of the initiative which included real estate development
strategies, policy development, resource development, evaluation and
communications.
As the port’s CTO, Puccinelli will provide leadership for
the port’s Information Technology division, focusing on the integration and
performance of technology solutions to support the port’s strategic plan
priorities.
Before accepting a position with the port, Puccinelli had
been the Director of Information Technology with the nearby City of Concord
since October 2001.
“Leadership in the arenas of social responsibility and
technology are both critical to the port - so that we can perform optimally as
an organization leveraging the latest in technology, while also ensuring that
our performance reaches and benefits all of our community, especially our
neighboring communities,” port Board President Gilda Gonzales said.
Both Tharpe and Puccinelli officially begin their positions
with the port in early April.
