North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum Appoints Kuldip Mohanty as CIO

Gov. Doug Burgum has appointed Kuldip Mohanty to lead the North Dakota Information Technology (NDIT) department as state CIO. He will officially begin on Feb. 23.

Mohanty will be taking the reins from the state’s Deputy CIO Greg Hoffman, who took over as interim CIO following the December departure of Shawn Riley. Riley had been CIO since April 2017 before heading to the private sector as CEO of American operations with Bitzero International, a cryptocurrency company.

“Kuldip brings a wealth of experience in modernizing services and transforming IT that will help the state of North Dakota become more efficient and responsive, serving citizens 24/7 with smart, easy-to-use systems,” Burgum said. “With his leadership of the outstanding team at NDIT, we look forward to building upon North Dakota’s reputation as a national leader in cybersecurity as we reduce redundancies, improve services and enhance the security of citizens’ data.”
Mohanty brings nearly three decades of private-sector IT experience to the role, most recently having served as CIO of HUB International Limited in Chicago since 2020. In that role, he led digital transformation efforts to advance IT systems. Prior to that, he held the positions of senior vice president IT and North America CIO for ManpowerGroup and vice president of enterprise IT strategy and services for CNO Financial Group. He also serves on the board of the Executive Service Corps in Chicago.

“I look forward to building on the momentum and successes of NDIT and collaborating with all stakeholders to build a citizen-centric, frictionless customer experience,” Mohanty said in the announcement.

He holds a master’s degree in computer applications from Jorhat Engineering College in India and a Master of Business Administration from the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business at DePaul University in Chicago.