Suma Nallapati has served on Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper's cabinet as Secretary of Technology and State CIO.

November 28, 2018

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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- DISH today announced that it has appointed Suma Nallapati Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Officer reporting to DISH Chief Information Officer Atilla Tinic. Nallapati currently serves on Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper's cabinet as Secretary of Technology and State CIO. She will join DISH in mid-January when Colorado Governor-Elect Jared Polis assumes the office.

Nallapati will lead DISH's application delivery and digital strategy implementation. Her technology portfolio will include sales, e-commerce, customer and partner management, billing and other various operational support systems.

Nallapati was appointed Colorado CIO, a state cabinet-level position, by Governor Hickenlooper in 2014. Prior to her role leading Colorado's Office of Information Technology, Nallapati served Catholic Health Initiatives, one the nation's largest healthcare networks, as Associate Vice President of Service Delivery. Nallapati began her IT career as a programmer for DISH in 1997. Nallapati was named "CIO of the Year" earlier this month by the Colorado Technology Association. Nallapati was also named a 2017 Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Colorado honoree by the Colorado Women's Chamber of Commerce.

She holds her master's degree in nuclear physics from the Andhra University India.

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