Craig DeTample-10 years!
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| Craig DeTample 10 Years of Service |
Craig has worked for South
Dakota state government for 10 years!
The year 2004: Anchorman
and Napoleon Dynamite were in theaters, Desperate Housewives debuted, ‘thefacebook’
just got registered, and Nokia and Motorola dominated the mobile phone industry.
Craig was the driving force behind developing and now running the
Technology Purchase/RFP/MOU/and Contracts process for the state. Craig led the
state’s recent imaging review project which included writing, issuing, and
assessing an RFP. He helps keep the technology RFP and contract process
running smoothly for the entire state. He has authored and co-authored
many clauses for our four Technology contract templates and works closely with
the ATG office to make sure our contracts processes and language is current,
clear, and enforceable. He is always willing to help his co-workers usher
projects through the various processes he supports and coordinates. You
can often find him working closely with members of the PMO group as they select
the appropriate contracts clauses and vendor questions for a technology
project. Craig is also adding coordinating the BIT internal phases of the
State Technology Roadmap process to his list of duties. Craig
demonstrates a strong drive to get the job done quickly and accurately.
Outside of BIT, Craig gives back to our local community by
putting on planetarium shows at the Discovery Center, acting in local plays,
and writing. Also, in keeping with the local water options, Craig recently
built his own wooden sailboat in a PDracer format.
Carrie Tschetter- 20
years!
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| Jim Edman, BIT Deputy Commissioner, recognizes and thanks Carrie Tschetter for her 20 years of dedicated service to State Government |
Carrie Tschetter has worked for South Dakota state
government for 20 years. The year of 1994: Forrest Gump was in theaters,
Friends (arguably the greatest sitcom ever!) launched, the Sony PlayStation changed
the gaming world, and Netscape launched Mosaic Netscape 0.9—one of the first
widely available web browsers. Prior to coming to BIT, she worked for
Revenue where she served throughout the years as a project manager for several
small to large Revenue I/T projects. Carrie has recently joined the BIT Project
Management Office as a Point of Contact for Veterans Affairs, Military, Public
Utilities Commission, and Revenue. In her short time with BIT, she
has taken an active part in the PMO team. She has learned about the BIT
divisions through shadowing staff and has contributed beneficial ideas from an
agency’s perspective to team meetings and to the Technology Roadmap planning.
Carrie and her husband, Brett, have two kids, Molly, 19 and
Carson, 14. Together they enjoy camping, hunting and fishing. During the
baseball season, they spend a lot of time in the bleachers enjoying the
sunshine.
Mark Cichos- 30
years!
Lastly, we recognized Mark Cichos for his 30 years of service.
After previous work for the state in college, the official year was 1985:
Version 1.0 of Windows was just released, Back to the Future was showing
at the movie theatres, and Dire Straits was making it big with ‘Money for
Nothing’. He started for BIT as a
developer building applications on the mainframe. Recently
when most of his staff had gone home for the day, a problem occurred with a
Natural program he had written in his early days. He was still able to
log on to the mainframe and find the program that needed a change – just like
riding a bike! Today, Mark is a Development Manager for many
agencies, most notably DOR, GFP, DENR, and DPS. His team of
analysts and developers are working hard to rewrite all of the systems he wrote
in his early days.
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| Mark Cichos receiving his award from David Zolnowsky, BIT Commissioner |
Throughout the years here, Mark and his wife Sue have raised
two boys who now are off to college. Sports were a very important
activity in the Cichos household and Mark was always actively involved.
Congratulations and thank you to Craig, Carrie and Mark for your years of leadership, commitment and dedication to the State of South Dakota! Keep up the great work!
Other individuals recognized in June for their years of service found below!
Steven Salverson DATA 16 years
Ki Weingart DATA 28 years
Barry Showalter DATA 11 years
Alan Peterson DATA 43 years
Randy Conraads DEV 33 years
Susan Dutt DEV 31 years
\James Pearson DEV 23 years
Marti Ramser DEV 19 years
Francis Taft DEV 41 years
Angela Pendergast DEV 14 years
Jeremy Carroll TELE 16 years
Katrina Hewlett TELE 11 years
Jay Etzkorn TELE 24 years
Keith Hemmelman TELE 27 years
Jeffrey Slocum TELE 10 years
Joe Trujillo TELE 19 years
Timothy Waters TELE 27 years
Timothy Wechsler TELE 16 years
Mark Wetzel TELE 18 years
Amanda Jost TELE 16 years
Kimberly Kelly SDPB 12 years
Jonathan Thvedt SDPB 25 years
Melissa Sievers SDPB 12 years
Steven Rokusek SDPB 13 years
Carrie Tschetter ADMIN 20 years
Randy Sullivan ADMIN 38 years