Robert Daddow is a Certified Public Accountant. He earned a B.S. in Business Administration and M.B.A. from Central Michigan University. He Joined Ernst & Young in December 1974 as a staff auditor, eventually making partner, specializing in governmental auditing and consulting. Clients included — Wayne County, City of Ecorse, numerous school districts and dozens of cities, villages and townships.

Since 1993, he has worked for Oakland County. First, as the Director of the Department of Management and Budget and concurrently as the Director of the Department of Information Technology. In 2000, Daddow assumed a newly created position — Assistant Deputy County Executive for Special Projects. He is the group leader for Information Technology/Management & Budget. He is largely involved in major financial initiatives, funding, and technology implementation.

While at Oakland County, Daddow led and/or initiated most of the privatization efforts previously cited in publications for Oakland County over the past 8 years. He has led many special projects including but not limited to a half dozen privatizations, launch of the Community Corrections program, transition of the Community Mental Health program from a shared-service model to full-service, movement from an attended emergency management radio system, and many computer initiatives.

Fiscal Storm Clouds Grow Darker, More Ominous

As the last day of Fiscal Year 2009 draws to a close legislators are struggling to enact a new Michigan state budget for FY 2010. This afternoon Gov. Granholm sent out notices of impending layoffs should a deal not be reached. After using one-time using federal “stimulus” money the state still needs around $1.3 billion in program reductions and/or new revenues (higher taxes, more fees) to close the budget gap.Yet even if another midnight deal is reached and state government opens for business as usual tomorrow, the current challenge probably pales in comparison to the fiscal storm on the near horizon. … more