{"id":132806,"date":"2026-03-23T19:29:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T22:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tech.einnews.com\/article\/901315283"},"modified":"2026-03-23T19:29:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T22:29:25","slug":"durham-n-c-finds-its-new-technology-director-in-academia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/2026\/03\/23\/durham-n-c-finds-its-new-technology-director-in-academia\/","title":{"rendered":"Durham, N.C., Finds Its New Technology Director in Academia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img data-opt-id=2125424570  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/erepublic.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/ea489b1\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1000x486+0+90\/resize\/1440x700!\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ferepublic-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F8a%2F40%2F2bdde5e843ac922f8cfd41b3a283%2Fshutterstock-265894379.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p> The city of Durham has named Richard Barbee its new technology solutions director, choosing an IT executive with experience across government and health care to oversee tech operations and modernization efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Barbee will start April 20, bringing more than a decade of executive-level experience managing enterprise infrastructure, cybersecurity initiatives and large-scale technology projects.<\/p>\n<p>As technology solutions director, a CIO-equivalent role, Barbee will oversee strategic planning, cybersecurity and project governance. His role is also responsible for aligning technology systems with the operational needs of city departments and City Council priorities, while maintaining secure and reliable services for employees and residents.<\/p>\n<p><span data-bsp-pv=\"4f8e492c-6f2f-390e-bc61-f176d3a37ab9\"><\/span><span data-bsp-pv=\"0000019d-1c55-d396-a5dd-3fffd78b0000\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\"> <\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/acceptable.html\"> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; and health care to oversee <span class=\"match\">tech<\/span> operations and modernization efforts. &#8230; initiatives and large-scale <span class=\"match\">technology<\/span> projects. As <span class=\"match\">technology<\/span> solutions director, a CIO- &#8230; and that \u00e2\u0080\u009c[s]trengthening our <span class=\"match\">technology<\/span> systems, improving cybersecurity, and expanding &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132806\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}