The Alameda County Board of Supervisors this week appointed long-time employee Ram Gurumurthy to lead the county Information Technology Department on an interim basis following the retirement of its current director.

Gurumurthy was hired as an information technology manager in 2013 and has worked as the county’s chief technology officer since 2023.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.