Broadband and IoT in the big city: A conversation with NYC’s CTO Miguel Gamiño
Miguel A. Gamiño is New York City’s CTO. Appointed by Mayor Bill de Blasio in October 2016, he is working to expand broadband and create a seamless internet-of-things experience in the city. Before coming to New York, Gamiño was CIO in San Francisco, where his efforts included the creation of the city’s online business portal.
In the past few years, between your time in San Francisco and New York City, what trends in local government IT have you’ve noticed?
It is getting more mature and strategic. Historically, like with other large organizations, it has been something that has been built over time by responding to developments. Now, governments are really starting to figure out how important it is to really invest in technology for strategic and enterprise-wide business outcomes and benefits. That’s similar to big organizations in the private sector, also. Technology continues to be recognized as more and more important to all of the different facets of the business. Technology isn’t just something you invest in, it’s something you invest in to improve all the other aspects of the business. Read more…