The city of Denver has hired a technology veteran as its first-ever chief financial officer.

Claude Pumilia served as senior vice president for worldwide sales finance for CA Inc., formerly known as Computer Associates. Before joining the company in 2005, he served in a variety of roles at Hewlett- Packard and Compaq, before and after the two companies merged. He spent three years with H-P in Fort Collins as a divisional controller.

He had a leading role on the integration team for H-P and Compaq, with his post-merger "Value Capture Team" generating more than $3 billion in savings, the city said.

Pumilia will have integration on his Denver agenda. Voters approved the CFO position in November in a plan to pull all the city's financial functions - accounting, payroll, budget and treasury - into one office that reports to the mayor.

Pumilia will start April 16. He will officially begin managing the combined finance operation in January.

David Milstead is finance editor of the Rocky Mountain News. He can be reached at milstead@RockyMountainNews.com or 303-954-2648.