| As the Assistant Deputy Executive Officer of Information Management, Chris
Marlia is responsible for implementing strategic information technologies to
automate and/or streamline enterprise-wide activities. He has primary
responsibility for planning and directing the activities of the professional
information technology staff who respond to client service requests and provide
both computing infrastructure and software application solutions that are
practical, focused, cost-effective, and in the best interests of the AQMD and
its service customers.
Chris joined AQMD in 1983 as an air quality specialist. Promoted to program
supervisor for the point source modeling unit in the Planning division, he
directed modeling analyses in support of permitting activities, rule development
and CEQA projects and supervised some regional modeling projects for the 1988
and 1991 Air Quality Management Plans. As program supervisor in the technology
implementation section, formed to introduce state-of-the-art automation to AQMD
business systems, Chris led efforts to re-engineer emission reporting and fee
payment processes, utilizing the latest scanning, OCR, and data management
technologies, resulting in streamlined processes to free engineering staff for
other important duties. He was promoted to information technology manager,
overseeing the migration of mission-critical data and software programs from
legacy systems to a more open client/server relational database system. And, as
a planning manager, Chris oversaw activities in market-incentive rule
development, annual emissions reporting, emission inventory development, and
control measure tracking of the AQMP.
Prior to joining the AQMD, Chris worked as a senior air quality
scientist with a consulting firm that assisted companies in complying with
federal New Source Review (NSR), Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD),
and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations, as well as other
state and local air quality permitting programs.
Chris grew up in Oregon, earning M. S. and B. S. degrees in
Atmospheric Sciences and a B. S. in Mathematics at Oregon State University.
Away from work, Chris enjoys time spent with his family,
especially assisting his three daughters in their competitive sports activities
and supporting them in their many successful school science projects.
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