Trial by Fire: Inside the Eventful First Year of Anh Selissen, CIO Texas DOT

Anh Selissen began serving as the CIO of TX DOT in September 2019. Selissen had been in office for six months when the coronavirus pandemic hit, followed soon after by a malware attack that shut down her agency’s entire network. Government Technology spoke with Selissen and George Spencer, Sales Center Vice President – State of Texas, AT&T Public Sector, about the pandemic, the cyberattack and what other states can learn from Selissen’s approach to leadership.