Interview with Joseph Lopez, CIO, City of Groveland

Featuring Joseph Lopez, CIO, City of Groveland

Connect with Joseph: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lopez-jose/

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Summary

Joseph Lopez, the CIO of the City of Groveland, was recently honored with an award for his innovation in technology for public use. He spoke about implementing digital boards to broadcast public safety messages in the event of a hurricane. Additionally, he has been working hard to break the old-school mentalities and processes that have been in place in the city for decades. He has managed to create a modernized vision for the city focused on embracing the latest technologies to benefit the citizens.

Timestamps

0:00 - Intro

1:14 - Favorite innovation projects

6:34 - Moving past old-school mentalities in #govtech

9:21 - Keeping communication lines open

10:49 - What’s 2023 looking like for the City of Groveland?

16:29 - Interesting learnings from the City of Groveland

18:02 - Robotic Partnership with Tampa

20:54 - Outro

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