Order: | 5th Virginia Secretary of Technology |
Governor: | Tim Kaine |
Term Start: | June 7, 2009 |
Term End: | January 16, 2010 |
Preceded: | Aneesh Chopra |
Succeeded: | Jim Duffey |
Office2: | Chief Information Officer of Virginia |
Governor2: | Tim Kaine |
Term Start2: | June 10, 2009 |
Term End2: | August 20, 2009 |
Preceded2: | Lemuel Stewart, Jr. |
Succeeded2: | George F. Coulter |
Birth Date: | 6 November 1945 |
Spouse: | Ginger Baldwin |
Alma Mater: | New York University (B.S., M.S.) |
Leonard M. "Len" Pomata (born November 6, 1945) is a former Virginia Secretary of Technology. He was appointed by Governor Tim Kaine following the resignation of Aneesh Chopra to become Chief Technology Officer of the United States in 2009. He received a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute (now part of the New York University Tandon School of Engineering) and a master's degree from NYU.[1] He was controversially made the state's interim Chief Information Officer, head of the Virginia Information Technologies Agency after incumbent Lemuel Stewart, Jr. was ousted over a contract dispute.[2] [3] [4] [5]