Contact Information:
Executive Office Building - 41 West
2100 Pontiac Lake Road
Waterford, Michigan,USA, 48328-2735
Phone: 248-858-1650
Professional Activities:
Certified Public Accountant
Board of Scholars -- Mackinac Center for Public Policy
Oakland County Achievements:
Director of the Department of Management and Budget (January 1993 to September 2000)
Temporary Acting Director of the Department of Information Technology
Resolution of a $24 million operating short-fall in fiscal year 1993 and proposed 1994 operating budget
Development of Community Corrections Program
Community Mental Health transition from shared management services model to full management in 1993
Involved in roughly a dozen areas of privatization, saving the county no less than $2.5 million annually
During the 1990s, participated in the county receiving awards for its annual financial report, budgeting processes, and popular report -- one of only a few governmental entities in the State to receive all three awards
Strategically designed, implemented and operated various major computer projects in Oakland County, including, but not limited to:
OAKNet (400-mile fiber optic network connecting the county with cities, villages and townships)
CLEMIS--the largest law enforcement consortium in the nation, involving roughly 140 police and fire departments in a six-county region
Fire Records Management System (28 fire departments in a consortium)
Daddow received his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Business Administration from Central Michigan University. He began his career in 1974 working at Ernst & Young until 1991, where he was the partner in charge of the southeastern Michigan government practice. He briefly also worked as an independent contractor for Gordon & Company, CPAs in 1992.
First Appointed: October 2000