Family and Church Involvement

Todd has been married to Dorcas Cowan for 22 years and they have 4 children (Hannah, Paul, Daniel, and Rachel).  Todd is a product of Douglas County schools and went on to graduate from the University of West Georgia with a Bachelors of Science degree in Computer Science.  He is the son of Terry Cowan, and the late Jerry Cowan, of Douglasville. He has been a resident of Douglas County his entire life.  Todd is also a member of Ephesus Baptist Church where he has taught sunday school for the last 19 years.

Work History and Experience

• Leadership role implementing Georgia's Registration and Titling System
  (Used by Tax Commissioners in all 159 of Georgia’s counties)
• Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, University of West Georgia
• Served 7 years as Chief Information Officer/Technology Director for the Georgia Department of Administrative Services.
• 2005 International Award for “Best of the Web” – Government Technology (Government Internal Category)
• Served as Agency Lead on a $1.2 billion state technology outsourcing initiative (2008)
• Served 3 terms as Chairman of Georgia’s Chief Information Officer Council (2005, 2006, 2007).  Council is composed of 41 CIO’s and Technology Directors throughout state government.
• Named by Governor Perdue to Georgia's Technology Assessment Steering Committee (2007).
• Served as Southeastern Chairman of the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA), Information Technology Committee
• Served as Technology Director for the State of Georgia, Motor Vehicles
• Served on the AAMVA International Technology Standing Committee
• Consultant for Lojack Corporation.  Implementation of Lojack within the State of Georgia.
• Served as the founding Chairman for the State of Georgia Sharepoint User Group.
• Served on the State of Georgia's Governance Council (2006, 2007)
• Served on the Advisory Board for Georgia’s Digital Government Summit (2006, 2007, 2008).
• Served 2 years on Georgia Enterprise Information Technology Leaders Forum
• Chairman of the Information Technology Sub-Committee, during the creation of a new State Agency (Department of Motor Vehicle Safety).
• Served on the Georgia Traffic Records Coordinating Committee (2000-2001)
• Assisted John Hopkins University with the development of the international standards for the Commercial Vehicle Information Systems Network (CVISN)
• Participated in Georgia’s “Blueprint for Modernization” study with KPMG.  The study assessed and recommended changes for the State of Georgia, Department of Revenue.
• Implemented the Georgia’s Unified Network Interface (UNI) - 4th state in the nation to successfully implement.
• Honorary Member, Georgia, ’s Terminal Agency Coordinators (GTAC)
• Commissioned as an Honorary Kentucky Colonel by Paul Patton, Governor of the State of Kentucky
• Served on Georgia's Enterprise Information Technology Leaders Forum