Chief Operating Officer, Virginia Information Technology Agency
Jonathan Xavier Ozovek is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA) for the Commonwealth of Virginia. He became VITA's first COO on August 10, 2019. As VITA's COO, he leads enterprise IT services, service delivery, operations, supply chain management, customer success, investment governance, project management, and finance. Prior to coming to the commonwealth, Jonathan has extensive experience in the private sector across the healthcare, consulting, financial services, and technology verticals and across the globe. This experience has been across nimble technology startup companies to industry leaders such as PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Johnson and Johnson, Becton Dickinson, Siemens Healthcare, and Citibank. He specializes as a turnaround and transformation executive with a proprietary methodology that delivers measurable outcomes rapidly. This methodology has delivered quantifiable top and bottom line improvements ranging from $8 million to $200 million within a range of 1 to 2 years. In addition, Jonathan has a penchant for research, development, and innovation with a specialty in artificial intelligence, predictive analytics, and machine learning. He has designed and developed systems ranging from a predictive commodity trading system, a medical device research and development Enterprise Program Management (EPM) system, and a cutting-edge last mile logistics platform and SaaS solution.