Rob GukenbergerExecutive Director
The Office of Application Development (OAD) provides comprehensive application development services to Commonwealth government agencies on all technology platforms. OAD is a customer focused organization with professional staff performing project management, business and technical analysis, development, testing and quality assurance, data services, and enterprise level geographic information systems design and support.
Division of Agency Application Development
This division provides project management, systems analysis, and application development and support for new and legacy systems of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Branches.
The Division of Agency Application Development consists of four branches:
Education Services Branch
Branch Manager: Becky Poling
This branch is responsible for project management, analysis, and application development support for the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet's Unemployment Insurance Program.
General Government Services Branch
Branch Manager: Debra Webber, Acting
This branch is responsible for project management, analysis, and application development support for over 50+ agencies within the Commonwealth.
One Stop Services Branch
Branch Manager: Gargi Chatterjee
This branch is responsible for project management, analysis, and application development support for the Kentucky Business One Stop. The Kentucky Business One Stop is the central Portal for business interactions with the Commonwealth and supports multiple agency program functions.
Transportation Services Branch
Branch Manager: Chris Lindsey
This branch is responsible for project management, analysis, and application development support for the Transportation Cabinet.
Division of Data Management Services
The Division of Data Management Services provides data support to customer agencies and application development staff for all projects and legacy systems. The division will assist with the creation and/or updating of data models; extraction, transformation and definition of customer data; and the creation of master data for business centric Commonwealth applications.
The Division of Data Management Services consists of three Branches:
Data Intelligence Branch
Branch Manager: Kari Welch
The Data Intelligence Branch is responsible for the development and support of Commonwealth data warehouses; data for program compliance and reporting; and on-going support for new data analysis programs.
Data Management Branch
Branch Manager: Meena Shaik
The Data Management Branch is responsible for data modeling; data standards, governance and stewardship; master data management; and data services tools administration.
Data Services Branch:
The Data Services Branch is responsible for data profiling, data integration, data quality services. This branch is responsible for development of services which enhance the quality, efficiencies and effectiveness of data within Commonwealth .
Division of Development Support Services
The Division of Support Services provides internal and external customers with development services such as application testing; management of test and development environments; management of application integration with enterprise upgrades; quality and audit services; and administrative support. The division will assist all development activities in ensuring applications meet quality standards; audit requests are managed appropriately, and test and development environments are securely administered.
The Division of Development Support Services consists of two branches:
Quality Services Branch
Branch Manager: John Barnes
The Quality Services Branch is responsible for providing support to the Division of Agency Application Development, Division of Data Management Services, Division of Geographic Information Systems, Division of Revenue Application Development, and the Division of Support Services. The branch also coordinates with other agencies as required to support OAD initiatives. Support includes providing project management information system (PMIS) support, internal financial analysis, training, contract maintenance, asset provisioning, procurement, audit coordination, building maintenance, and general office and administrative support.
Testing Services Branch:
This branch is responsible for assisting the customer with user acceptance testing using specified acceptance test scripts in order to confirm and prove that the user's needs, expectations and the systems functional, performance and operational requirements are met.
Division of Geographic Information Systems
The Division of Geographic Information Systems collects, compiles, and facilitates the production of geospatial data for the Commonwealth. It is this Division's responsibility to be an active voice in leading the direction of GIS across state government through cabinet and agency engagements as well as participation in the Kentucky Geographic Information Advisory Council (GIAC).