Garmin Software: California Technology Agency

Friday 9 November 2012

California Technology Agency

Karen Wong was appointed Director, Public Safety Communications Division with the California Technology Agency on October 27, 2009. As a member of the California Technology Agency’s Senior Staff, she advises the California Technology Agency on the strategic management and direction of public safety communications including the 9-1-1 Emergency Communications Program serving over 34 million people in 58 counties and the Public Safety Radio and Microwave Communications Systems serving the State’s Public Safety Agencies as well as over 100 smaller local governmental entities.

Prior to Karen’s appointment, she was with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) for 21 years in various managerial assignments including Chief, Office of Telecommunications; Assistant Deputy Director, Environmental Health and Safety; Assistant Secretary (A) Office of Risk Management; and Deputy Director, Health Care Services Division, Administrative Services