Ms. Norie S. Balan joined the provincial government as a contractual employee in 1995. That same year, she got a regular position as Computer Programmer. In September 2014, she was promoted to the position of Information Technology Officer II.

Ms. Balan initiated the development of several application systems in the provincial government. She was also the Project Team Leader in the provincewide implementation of the Real Property Tax System (RPTS) Project that started in 2010.

She also recommended the redesigning of the Real Property Tax System into a version that would meet the requirements on the needed processes and reports of the Provincial Assessor and Municipal Assessors.

Ms. Balan is a graduate of Bachelor of Science in Computer Science in 1991 at AMA Computer College, now AMA Computer University, in Project 8, Quezon City.

She finished her Master in Development Administration in 2000 at Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University, San Fernando City, La Union as one of the scholars of the Civil Service Commission in their Local Scholarship Program.

Through her leadership, internet infrastructure has been put in place in the whole capitol complex, making sure that every office has a stable internet connection. Also, through her initiative, all 14 hospitals under the provincial government will soon be having their exclusive internet connection that will propel faster communication and sharing of data among these hospitals.

Ms. Balan is a resident of Alcala, Pangasinan, married, with two children.