April 26, 2023

From DOD to Local Government with Jorge Cardenas, CIO, City of Brownsville

From DOD to Local Government with Jorge Cardenas, CIO, City of Brownsville

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On this episode of The Public Sector Show by TechTables, we talk about transitioning from the DOD into local government service, Brownsville's 5-year plan, infrastructure wins, and more with Jorge Cardenas, CIO, the City of Brownsville.
Connect with Jorge: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jorge-cardenas-it-vp-director/
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
01:30 From DOD to Brownsville CIO
04:12 Brownsville 5-year Plan
08:36 The $100MM Broadband Project
11:52 Next Initiatives
13:10 How to Get City-Wide Buy-In
15:05 Cybersecurity and Network Security Plans
16:37 Lessons from DOD
18:48 The Complexities of Dealing with Hard Problems
22:33 Jorge's Favorite Books
25:02 Outro
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