At its meeting today, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors appointed Gregory Scott as the next director of the Department of Information Technology, effective Sept. 28.

Over a nearly 35-year career in information technology — the last 26 years with Fairfax County Government — Scott has overseen state-of-the-art solutions in a constantly evolving industry. For the past six years, he has served as a deputy director of information technology, responsible for areas such as land development, health and human services, revenue services and e-government. In this role, Scott provided strategic leadership, direction and guidance to help county departments reach their goals and business objectives, while managing a portfolio of multimillion-dollar initiatives. As a deputy, Scott also helped implement many information technology policies and standards consistent with the changing IT landscape.

For 12 years, Scott led the Department of Information Technology’s E-Government & Enterprise Architecture Division, which includes county website properties, interactive voice response and customer relationship management. During this tenure, Scott served as the technical manager for the transition to a new enterprise resource planning system shared by Fairfax County Government and Fairfax County Public Schools that conducts finance, budget, procurement and human resource business functions.

From 1978 to 1993, Scott worked in various private sector information technology positions. He first joined the county in 1993 as a contractor, followed by five years of public service in the Department of Public Works and Environmental Services.

Scott succeeds Wanda Gibson, who retired from the county this summer. He will receive an annual salary of $206,000.