Keith Briggs

State Chief Architect & Innovation Director

Keith Briggs is state chief architect and innovation director for the N.C. Department of Information Technology. His passion is to drive the modernization of state government through innovative services and new channels of delivery.

Briggs first joined NCDIT in 2022 as the director of Enterprise Architecture and Innovation. He has also served on the North Carolina IT Strategy Board since 2020 appointed by the N.C. Senate.

Previously, he served as chief information/chief technology officer for the N.C. Department of Insurance and N.C. Office of State Fire Marshal. His career of more than 30 years also includes technology leadership roles at large, private-sector businesses in finance, manufacturing and healthcare.

Briggs holds a bachelor’s degree in environmental science from the University of Massachusetts Lowell and a master’s degree in business administration from Texas Christian University. He also graduated from the Executive Leadership Program in Securities Industry from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.