Criminal Justice IT has appointed Tunde Coker as its new
chief technology officer to set the technology direction of the £2
billion programme designed to join up police, courts, prison and
probation services.
Part of the Office for Criminal Justice Reform, Criminal Justice
IT was set up in 2002 to lead the cross-departmental Criminal
Justice System IT Programme with the aim of building the foundation
for a modern and effective, "joined-up" criminal justice system by
2008.
Coker now has a wide communication and negotiation role, working
with suppliers and the CJS community, other government departments
and public bodies to ensure that the work CJIT is taking forward in
the area of joined–up government at the technical level is
recognised and understood.
He will also be responsible for the strategic architecture for
the CJS Exchange – the electronic heart of the criminal justice
system - and ensuring compliance of future project architectures to
the overall strategy.
Tunde was previously applications director for corporate
functions in BP’s digital and communications technology team and
since 2000 has held a variety of senior roles, including IT
director at Egg, where he delivered digital services business
capability enabled by service-based architectures and
platforms.