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The award entails the efforts and strategies that the Top 10 Govt CIOs in the Public Sector space that they have implemented during and post the pandemic space to saving masses and creating innovation.
Chief Information Officer, City of Mesa
Mesa CIO Travis Cutright has made use of leadership skills gained over two decades working in tech to help make smart technologies an everyday part of public life. The city is using civic data, GIS information and smart-screen kiosks located downtown to help residents and visitors navigate the city. Mesa also expanded broadband access for low-income residents and students amid shifts to telework and remote learning. As the city’s IT team worked swiftly to respond to people’s needs during the pandemic, Cutright’s staff continued implementing the city’s Smart City Strategic Plan and Climate Action Plan to increase efficiency and streamline operations across all 28 departments. As part of those plans, the city is retrofitting facilities with modern HVAC systems that can help control energy costs. Those savings can then be reinvested in other priorities, like smart meters and a real-time public safety operations center. Cutright is particularly proud of the city’s efforts to convert food waste into useable energy in a partnership with local schools and restaurants. Read Also: Perking Leaps, Hedging Barriers: The Story of a Smart City
By: Travis Cutright, Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the City of Mesa
“The Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting lockdowns entailed a "re-think" of these concepts, paving the way for many technological innovations. The inadequacy of finance to contribute to such innovations is our major pain point”
Chief Information Officer, City of Dayton
Jonathan Rike is the Chief Information Officer at the City of Dayton. As Chief Information Officer, a new position in the City organization, Rike is responsible for leading the management of IT systems and solutions supporting internal operations and customer services. These include cloud services, virtual/physical servers, enterprise data storage, networking, cyber security, applications, desktop programs, and building systems. He provides team leadership to approximately 30 IT professionals serving 16 City departments including public safety and the City-owned Dayton International Airport. Rike began his City service with 17 years of IT management experience, including leadership positions with Vartek Services, Montgomery County and the University of Dayton. He earned an MBA and a B.S. in Management Information Systems at the University of Dayton. Read Also: Technology Trends Transforming Government By: Jonathan Rike, Chief Information Officer, City of Dayton
“One of the factors that really accelerated the pace of evolution for all levels of government, including local, county, state, and federal, is the pandemic. Covid 19 fundamentally shifted the public sector paradigm and required agencies at all levels to re-evaluate their business model and begin developing ways to digitize services and ensure continuity of delivery in the absence of physical contact”
Chief Information Officer, Washoe County
Behzad Zamanian serves as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the second largest County in Nevada, Washoe County. He directs all facets of technology and is responsible for overall planning, coordinating, and implementing the County's technologies and strategy for 2800 internal customers and 500,000 external constituents on a complex wide area network with over 100 connected facilities. Past Covid-19 pandemic, Zamanian built a comprehensive three-year Technology Plan to reset County’s technology priorities as Pandemic changed everyone’s priorities and how they operated. The plan identified a series of business objectives aligned with the County’s goals with over 50 major projects. Previously he served as the Chief Information Officer for the City of Huntington Beach from January 2004 through December 2020. In this role, he oversaw Information Service Department which provides, operates, and maintains computing and telecommunication facilities, equipment, and services. During that time, Zamanian earned the Municipal Information System Association of California (MISAC) Award of Excellence in Information Technology practices numerous times. Prior to joining the City of Huntington Beach, Zamanian served as the Chief Architect and Web Services Manager for the University of California, Irvine for 11 years. Read Also: IT Modernization: The Be-all-and-End-all of the Government Sector By: Behzad Zamanian, Chief Information Officer at Washoe County
Chief Information Officer, City of Roseville
Hong Sae is the Chief Information Officer for the City of Roseville. He’s also the President of the Executive Board of the Municipal Information Systems Association of California (MISAC). The City of Roseville is an Innovative, Progressive, Smart and Digital City. The technology is what drives the future infrastructure of the City. Through collaborative partnership in many of our innovative projects today and investing in our team members with the right skill sets, cost effective solutions are delivered to support the Citywide operations and provide excellent services to our community. Read Also: The Need of Technology to Build a Modern City By: Hong Sae, Chief Information Officer, City of Roseville
Chief Information Officer, Town of Cary
Nicole Raimundo Coughlin is the Chief Information Officer of Town of Cary. Nicole is an award-winning technology executive who is the principal strategist & architect for information technology & digital marketing across the organization. She is at the forefront of the Smart Cities movement, creating a connected community through piloting and implementing IoT technologies. Award-winning technology executive that promotes the value of partnerships and innovative thinkers in government while continuously pursuing new models of civic innovation for collaborative citizen-facing projects. Self-proclaimed GovRebel, pushing the boundaries of technology, marketing and thinking differently in government. Building a connected community through piloting and implementing IoT technologies in the public sector by fostering partnerships both locally and nationally. Using my many years of private company experience and adapting it to the public sector to improve service delivery.
Chief Information Officer, Jefferson County
Rebecca Hascall is based out of Aurora, Colorado, United States and works at Jefferson County, Colorado as Chief Information Officer. Executive-level strategic leader, innovation, digital transformation, program and product management experience. Award winning, highly motivated and well-rounded executive business leader with a proven track record of innovation and creating business oriented, high performing teams. Collaborative problem solver, adept at producing exceptional business results. Unique combination of business knowledge and technical expertise results in analysis of organization processes and business and technology best practices that improve ROI. Specialties: Innovation, Cost Savings, Strategy, Digital Transformation, Strategic Planning, Project Management, Enterprise Application Management, Business Process Reengineering, Transforming Culture, Leading Application Development, Business Analysis, Product Management, Program and Project Management, Project Portfolio Management, ERP, Case Management, GIS and ECM software. Read Also: Executing Seamless Transformation Strategies to Drive Value By: Rebecca Hascall Chief Innovation and Information Officer for Jefferson County, Colorado
“By partnering closely with our businesses, we also started to see new areas where technology could add value, but it exposed how we weren’t equipped to respond quickly enough to those needs”
Chief Information Officer, U.S. Department of Commerce
André Mendes was appointed Chief Information Officer for the Department of Commerce in August of 2019. There, he has overall responsibility and oversight of all technology systems at the United States Department of Commerce (DOC) and its associated Bureaus (FY2020 Budget $3.8B). Prior to DOC, Mr. Mendes spent eight years at the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) in various executive roles including CEO, COO, CIO, CTO and CFO. During his time at USAGM, Mr. Mendes managed overall Agency transformation generating $360 million in savings from 2010 through 2018 through aggressive global technology and facilities optimization with projected 10-year savings in excess of half a billion dollars ($503M). In that timeframe, global weekly audiences grew 78% (165-278M). Mr. Mendes is a member of the CIO Hall of Fame (Class of 2021), a recipient of the 2011 Milton F. Clogg Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award from Montgomery College, the Chairman of the Capitol Technology University Board of Trustees and has receive multiple industry awards including an MIT award for IT Innovation, the 2021 Top 150 Global Transformation Executives from Constellation Research, 2020 and 2021 FedScoop 50 Federal Leadership Awards, 2020 and 2021 50 Best Bosses In Federal IT, the 2005 Technology Leadership Award from Broadcasting and Cable Magazine and the Top 100 Hispanic Executives in IT Award every year between 2009 and 2019. Read Also: Preparedness is the Key to Deal with Constantly Changing Technology By: André Mendes, CIO, U.S. Department of Commerce
CIO/Department Director, Miami-Dade County
Margaret Brisbane is the CIO/Director of the Information Technology Department for Miami Dade County. In her current role she is responsible for leading a team of IT professionals in servicing the technology needs of the County. The primary IT pillars are Security, Platforms and Applications along with Administration to support all operations. The team provides support to all County Departments including enterprise solution for Financial, Payroll, Human Resources, Public Safety, Legislative, Commerce and the PeopleSoft systems. The team also supports document and asset management and geospatial systems as well as major technology projects, to include, but not limited to Criminal Justice, Permitting and Code Enforcement, Radio and INFORMS. Read Also: Steps Taken by Government to Ameliorate Impact of COVID-19
By: Margaret Brisbane, CIO and Director of the Information Technology Department, Miami Dade County
“The pandemic forced our County to adopt technology quickly and make process changes that would normally take a much longer time to adopt. We saw this as an opportunity to leverage this crisis to yield positive results. Therefore, we made the most of the chance to implement measures that were needed to continue government operations”
Chief Information Officer, City of Chattanooga
An innovative and visionary, senior-level digital transformation leader with over 15 years of cumulative management experience driving technology strategy while spearheading large global delivery programs. Empowering diverse, cross functional teams spanning data science, marketing, eCommerce, advertising, social, content, design, digital workplace, engineering, and cloud technologies to create scalable digital solutions for both customer facing and corporate initiatives. The Department of Technology Services (DTS) is a vital component to all departments and agencies throughout the City of Chattanooga by providing strategy, planning, project management, business analysis, implementation, maintenance, and security of all technology across the City.
Chief Information Officer, Milwaukee County
Lynn J Fyhrlund serves as the Chief Information Officer for Milwaukee County. As Chief Information Officer, Lynn is charged with the creation of strategic IT initiatives that align with Milwaukee County’s long-term goals. He works closely across all departments and Elected Officials to deliver innovative programs and services that enhance employee, department, and constituent services. Previously he served as the IT Director – Business Applications for Information Technology for Milwaukee County. In this role, he oversaw Information Technology Application Services which provides, operates, and maintains computing and software services that meet the needs of Milwaukee County. During his tenure, he engineered a number of important changes to IT at Milwaukee County. Among these were substantial upgrades to the Mainframe infrastructure, Criminal Justice Information System, advances in the utilization of document management and collaborative tools, and critical investments in the use of technology for Master Data management. Read Also: Technology is all About Driving Value and End-user Experience By: Lynn Fyhrlund, CIO, Milwaukee County
“To ensure transparency in the government sector, we are focusing on understanding the data better to augment our decision-making”
