Jerry Schulz

Jerry Schulz is an on-call Senior Consultant with The PAR Group, involved in executive searches and information technology assignments as well as other general management consulting activities offered by The PAR Group. He has 28 years of combined experience in information technology management and analysis as well as local government administration.

Through June 2004, Mr. Schulz served as Director of Information Systems for the Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In that position, he developed the first strategic technology plan for the Archdiocese and led projects to replace the financial system, upgrade fund-raising systems, install a newspaper circulation system, upgrade the web site, and increase the use of broadcast electronic mail communication.

Throughout his career, Mr. Schulz has carried out a variety of consulting assignments for local governments, many of which involved technology planning or implementation of new data systems. During his six years as the Manager of Information Systems for Waukesha County, Wisconsin, Mr. Schulz managed the conversion from terminal to PC technology, ultimately installing over 1,000 PCs. He helped develop technology plans for several areas in the county and led the implementation of data systems for the Finance, Register of Deeds, Health and Human Services, and Courts areas. He also oversaw the implementation of an enterprise computer network serving all county facilities.

Prior to his tenure at Waukesha County, Mr. Schulz served as director of Information Technology and Telecommunications for the Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC). His accomplishments at MATC included leading the selection of a vendor for a new telephone system and enterprise computer network.

Mr. Schulz also served as the Information Systems Director of the Milwaukee County Department of Social Services, where he developed a strategic technology plan for the department and implemented a case tracking system.  He then served as the Program Analysis Manager for Milwaukee County, where he established a county-wide grants coordinator position which oversaw the development of a number of successful grant applications.

Mr. Schulz is an adjunct faculty member with the Department of Public Administration at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and with the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis School of Public and Environmental Affairs, where he has taught courses on the use of technology in the public sector. He is also the author of Information Technology for Local Government: A Practical Guide for Managers, published by the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) in 2001.

Mr. Schulz received an undergraduate degree in Government from Cornell University and holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Roosevelt University.