Leadership Team

Gonzalez has 30 years of private and public sector management experience and has served the State of Idaho for 15 years.

He is the current CIO/Administrator for the Idaho Office of Information Technology Services (ITS) after his appointment by Idaho Governor Brad Little in October 2022. Prior to ITS, Gonzalez served as the administrator for the Idaho Transportation Department’s Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and worked for the Idaho Department of Health & Welfare.

His work in state government has had a strong focus on transformation and modernization, with serving Idaho citizens as his main priority. Prior to state service, Gonzalez worked for a national communication company for 14 years in a variety of leadership roles. He studied Organizational Behavior at the University of San Francisco.

Smith has 20 years of leadership experience in both private and public organizations in various technical roles.

He currently is the Deputy Administrator and Chief Technology Officer for the Office of Information Technology Services (ITS) after a promotion to the role in December 2022. Smith previously served as the Lead Architect for ITS. Prior to joining ITS in May 2020, Smith served in various IT roles at the Idaho Transportation Department.

Pope has eight years of U.S. Military service (USMC) along with 30 years of private and public sector management experience. He has served the State of Idaho for 18 years. He is the current Operations Chief for ITS. Prior to joining ITS, Pope served as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for the Idaho Transportation Department and worked briefly for the Idaho Department of Lands as the Administrator for Administrative Services (IT, GIS, and Finance). His work in state government has had a strong focus on IT transformation, with an emphasis on creating efficiency in IT operations. Prior to state service, Pope worked for global oil and gas giant, British Petroleum (BP) for 15 years as a regional CTO, Asia Pacific.

Edgar has over 23 years of military service, with 19 of those years focused on directing, influencing, and designing secure and redundant cyber capability for military operations within contested environments.  

He is currently the Director of Cyber Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) for the Idaho Army National Guard (IDARNG) where he has grown a strategic partnership throughout Idaho and the Department of Defense to enable cyber assessments, consultation, and assistance leveraging military readiness objectives, funding, and personnel over the past five years. Prior to this role, he served in various leadership positions through the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team (CBCT) managing the 116th CBCT enterprise communication suite for hundreds of training exercises and modernization efforts, two National Training Center rotations, Operation Saber Guardian 2016, and two combat deployments since 2001.  

Tower has over 40 years of private and public sector financial and management experience and has served the State of Idaho for over 14 years as a Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining ITS in 2022, he was the CFO at the Division of Career Technical Education and Idaho Public Television.

Prior to state service, he was the CFO at a fast-growing retail and manufacturing company. Separately, he was the founder and owner/operator of three businesses in Idaho, including small company computer and networking services, a web development and hosting company, and a community media company.

Throughout his career, Tower has implemented organizational and system structure, consistency, and operational efficiencies to maximize value for stakeholders and taxpayers. Fiscal responsibility and accountability are at the core of his actions.

He enjoys many outdoor activities including hiking, biking, backpacking, snowshoeing and camping. He also enjoys travel and photography along the way.

People Champion with over 25 years of successful recruiting strategy and HR experience. Boots on the ground leader with vision, integrity, humility, and focus.

Zimmerman works as a Human Resources Officer for Information Technology Services at the State of Idaho. She has spent her career working in human resources for higher education, private industries, and government entities, where her focus has been on finding the right person for the job.

She has been finding the needle in a haystack for organizations for decades. With a passion for helping organizational leaders achieve their strategic goals through progressive talent management strategies, Zimmerman truly believes that HR’s role is to empower people to drive a culture of innovation, learning and service.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from California State University, Long Beach, and currently lives in Meridian, Idaho.

Gonzalez has 20 years of varied communications experience in both the public and private sector. She joined ITS from HDR, an international engineering firm, and its Boise-based strategic communications team.

Prior to HDR, Gonzalez was a communications specialist at ITD. She supported and managed communications, stakeholder outreach, media relations, and government affairs.

Before joining the State of Idaho, she was a business writer at the Idaho Business Review. Gonzalez began her career as a news producer, reporter, and anchor at TV stations in Northern California and Idaho.