Judy Sandberg

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Judy Sandberg is Director of Information Technology for the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS). A graduate of Texas State University at San Marcos, a Chi Omega alumna and a certified project management professional (PMP), Sandberg has devoted over 30 years to the service of Texans. Before joining the DADS IT staff, Sandberg served as director of the Enterprise IT Project Management Competency Center for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), director of the IT PMO for the Texas Department of Health (TDH), Director of System Development for legacy TRC Disability Determination Services (DDS) and Business Improvement Manager for Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services (DARS). At legacy TDH, HHSC and at DARS, she helped pioneer executive level governance, project portfolio management, project management standards, business road maps, and free project management courses for agency staff. During 2004-05, Sandberg was a key participant in the Texas Department of Information Resources' (DIR) project to establish Architecture Components for the [Texas] Enterprise (ACE). She served as chair of the Information Resource Management Committee which sought to establish statewide standards for IT governance and project management. As Director of Systems Development for the Texas Rehabilitation Commission (TRC) Disability Determination Services (DDS) from 1996-2001, Sandberg provided leadership on the state and national level. She served as chair of the Social Security Administration's (SSA) National Systems Consortia and as national president of the SSA State Agency Versa Users Group. Sandberg has been a speaker at the Texas Government Technology Conference (GTC), the Texas Association of Museums Annual Meeting, and SSA National Systems Conference in Baltimore. She currently serves as co-chair of the State Agency Coordinating Committee Information Technology (SACC IT) Subcommittee. In 1985, Sandberg was named LegacyTRF DDS Employee of the Year for her administrative contributions. In 1993, she was nominated for TRC Manager of the Year. She received her first national recognition in 1995, the SSA Associate Commissioner's Award, for her role in implementing the IWS/LAN and Versa in the Texas DDS. In 2001, she received her second national recognition, the SSA Associate Commissioner's Award for sound judgment, wisdom, clear concepts, motivating others and making vision realities.