Monica Stitt serves as the Chief Operating Officer for Colorado Technology Association, the state\’s premier non-profit tech organization advancing the Colorado technology industry through advocacy, economic development, community building, and workforce development.

Prior to joining CTA, Monica was the Chief Strategy Officer for Colorado Governor’s Office of Information Technology (OIT). In her role with the State of Colorado, Monica\’s responsibilities included development and execution of OIT’s overall organizational strategy, promoting Colorado as the ideal location for technology based companies and workers, and defining the overall broadband strategy for the State of Colorado and promoting coordination and collaboration activities across the state. 

Monica has over twenty years of experience in the IT industry with proven strategy development, business operations and program/project management expertise. She was the Chief of Staff for Oracle’s Global IT Service Operations, the organization responsible for all data centers and computing operations worldwide. She also worked several years at Sun Microsystems, Inc. holding a variety of business, people and project management roles within IT Operations and Services. 

Monica has a bachelor of science degree in Business Administration and Computer Science from Regis University. She also completed the University of Colorado at Boulder Leeds School of Business 50 for Colorado Leadership Program. Monica is a recipient of the Denver Business Journal\’s (DBJ’s) 2022 Outstanding Women in Business Awards, the 2015 StateScoop 50 Awards Golden Gov: State Executive of the Year, and DBJ’s 2013 Forty Under 40 Awards, and she was also a finalist in the 2013 Colorado Technology Association’s APEX Woman in Tech of the Year award.

Monica serves on the Elevations Credit Union Board of Directors and the YMCA of Metro Denver Board of Directors.  She previously served on the board of directors for Regis University Anderson College of Business & Computing Executive Advisory Board, the Women’s Leadership Foundation, the Society for Information Management (SIM) Colorado, and Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce, and the associate board for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado.