City of Hayward
Adam Kostrzak has extensive experience in various IT roles. Adam has served as the CIO/Director of IT at the City of Hayward since 2015, where they have successfully implemented strategic plans, developed a Cloud First strategy, and led the modernization of ERP service offerings. Prior to that, they were the Director of IT at Lytro Inc. from 2012 to 2015, where they developed and matured the IT organization to provide world-class services. Before that, they worked at Zynga as a Senior Manager of IT, where they led a team responsible for IT end point functions. Adam also has extensive experience at Yahoo! in various leadership roles, including Director of IT Infrastructure, Director of Global Service Desk & End User Support, Senior Manager of Global Service Desk, and Manager of Service Desk. Adam began their career as the Manager of Desktop Support at Capital One Auto Finance.
Adam Kostrzak attended the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh and obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) degree with a major in Management Information Systems. The specific start and end years of their education are not provided.
City of Hayward
Hayward is a Charter City of 62.55 square miles and 145,839 residents governed under the Council-Manager form of government. Hayward is known as the “Heart of the Bay” because of its central and convenient location in Alameda County – 25 miles southeast of San Francisco, 14 miles south of Oakland, 26 miles north of San Jose and 10 miles west of the valley communities surrounding Pleasanton. Serviced by an extensive network of freeways and bus lines, Hayward has two BART stations (Hayward and South Hayward), an Amtrak station, and the Hayward Executive Airport, with easy access to San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose airports. Hayward's Executive Airport is a general aviation facility utilized by a multitude of diverse aircraft ranging from corporate jets to flying for enjoyment in small privately-owned aircraft. It is considered by many to be the Bay Area’s premier executive general aviation airport and provides a wide variety of aviation services to aircraft operators. Hayward’s diversity is not only reflected in our residents, but also in the variety of outstanding businesses that have chosen to locate and maintain their enterprises in our community. The investment of business and industry in our community is appreciated and valued. Continued partnerships between business, residents, education, and government are essential to ensure Hayward’s ongoing success as the “Heart of the Bay” and to our growing reputation as being “Open for Business.”