Allan Frank wants to be the Pat Croce of technology: Q&A on leaving city CTO role
Chief Technology Officer Allan Frank listens to remarks during the Information Technology Opportunity Summit. Copyright City of Philadelphia. Photograph by Mitchell Leff.
The first consolidated leader of IT in City of Philadelphia history stepped down earlier this month after two and a half years at the helm. While we covered Allan Frank’s legacy and interviewed his interim successor Tommy Jones, much was left unsaid.
Frank, who wants to be ‘the Pat Croce of technology,’ says his tenure as Chief Technology Officer has connected him to Philadelphia in a special way. He says he’s set the stage for a renaissance to come and is keeping his Overbrook Farms home so he can watch it all come about.
Below, in his own words, Technically Philly talks to Frank about how he wants to be remembered and what is next for him.
