Miriam Barcellona Ingenito is the first director of the Financial Information System for California (FI$Cal) since its formal recognition as the Department of FI$Cal in July 2016. She began her tenure at FI$Cal in September 2015 with the benefit of 20 years of public policy experience in California state government. Her range of expertise includes legislative, fiscal, administrative and environmental issues. Before FI$Cal, Ingenito served as the Chief Deputy Director for the Department of Toxic Substances Control from 2013 to 2015. Previous to that, she served as the Deputy Secretary for the California Environmental Protection Agency from 2011 to 2013, Deputy Director of Legislation at the California Department of Finance from 2009 to 2011, and as a principal consultant for the California Senate Committee on Appropriations from 2001 to 2009. Additionally, she held positions in policy and analysis with the California Resources Agency and the California Legislative Analyst’s Office.

Dennis Noone is Managing Editor of Techwire. He is a career journalist, having worked as a reporter and editor at small-town newspapers and major metropolitan dailies in California, Nevada, Texas and Virginia, including as an editor with USA Today in Washington, D.C. He lives in the Northern California foothills.