As CIO, a cabinet-level secretary position, Pettit also manages the office of state finances and oversees information and telecommunications systems for the state.
Previously, Pettit served at Brown University in 2009 as an independent consultant responsible for planning and managing the rapid development of a fully functional and tested disaster recovery plan and the renovation of the university’s sole data center. Prior to that, Pettit worked for Marsh McLennan in the areas of business continuity planning strategy and vision, disaster recovery and business resumption planning focusing on the proactive preparation of people to effectively survive through and recover from a major crisis event.