National Academy of Public Administration

J. Ramon Gil-Garcia is a Professor of Public Administration and Policy and the Director of the Center for Technology in Government, University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY). In 2009, Dr. Gil-Garcia was considered the most prolific author in the field of digital government research worldwide and in 2018 and 2019 was named “One of the World’s 100 Most Influential People in Digital Government” by Apolitical from the United Kingdom. More recently, in 2021, Dr. Gil-Garcia was one of the recipients of the two inaugural Digital Government Society (DGS) Fellows Awards.

Currently, Dr. Gil-Garcia is also a professor of the Business School at Universidad de las Américas Puebla in Mexico, a Faculty Affiliate at the National Center for Digital Government, University of Massachusetts Amherst and an Affiliated Faculty member of the Information Science Doctorate Program at the University at Albany.

Dr. Gil-Garcia is the author or co-author of articles in prestigious international journals in Public Administration, Information Systems, and Digital Government and some of his publications are among the most cited in the field of digital government research worldwide. His research interests include collaborative digital government, smart cities, data analytics, artificial intelligence in government, adoption and implementation of emergent technologies, digital divide policies, and multi-method research approaches.

Position	Division	Organization	Start	End
Professor	Department of Public Administration and Policy	University at Albany, State University of New York	2014	2022
Director	Center for Technology in Government	University at Albany, State University of New York	2013	2021
Lecturer	Department of Public Administration	Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas	1999	2001
Assistant Professor	Department of Public Administration	Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas	2007	2010
Founding Director	Data Center for Applied Research in Social Sciences	Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas	2008	2013
Associate Professor	Department of Public Administration	Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas	2010	2013
Professor	Department of Public Administration	Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas	2013	2014
Research Director	Center for Technology in Government	University at Albany, State University of New York	2013	2021
Affiliated Faculty	School of Business and Economics	Universidad de las Americas Puebla	2017	Current
Associate Professor	Department of Public Administration and Policy	University at Albany, State University of New York	2014	2022
Research Assistant	Program of Technical Support and Training “INCA Rural – Sedagro”	Secretary of Agricultural Development, Government of the State of Mexico	1993	1993
Responsible of the Data Processing System	State Office of “INCA Rural, A.C.”	Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock, and Rural Development, Mexican Government	1994	1994
Analyst of Computational and Administrative Systems	General Direction of Rural Development	Secretary of Agricultural Development, Government of the State of Mexico	1994	1995
Assistant to the General Director	General Direction of Rural Development	Secretary of Agricultural Development, Government of the State of Mexico	1995	1997
Consultant and Researcher		Centro de Estudios Politicos y de Administracion, S.C.	1997	1999
Post-Doctoral Fellow	Center for Technology in Government	University at Albany, SUNY	2005	2007

Position

Division

Organization

Start

End

Professor

Department of Public Administration and Policy

University at Albany, State University of New York

2014

2022

Director

Center for Technology in Government

University at Albany, State University of New York

2013

2021

Lecturer

Department of Public Administration