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Chicago, IL-based City of Chicago has Appointed Brenna Berman as Chief Information Officer
About the Company
The City of Chicago covers an area of 60,000 hectares and sits 176 meters (578 feet) above sea level on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. At 190 km wide and 495 km long, its the 5th largest body of fresh water in the world. The city is traversed by the Chicago and Calumet rivers. Chicago`s extensive parklands, including 3,000 hectares of city parks attract an estimated 86 million visitors annually. As a multicultural city that thrives on the harmony and diversity of its neighborhoods, Chicago today embodies the values of America`s heartland-integrity, hard work and community and reflects the ideals in the social fabric of its 77 distinct neighborhoods. Chicago is recognized across the United States as a very passionate sports town. Chicago is a leader in reforming public schools, enhancing public safety and security initiatives, providing affordable housing in attractive and economically sound communities, ensuring accessibility for all and fostering, social, economic and environmental sustainability.
About the Person
Brenna Berman is commissioner and CIO for the Chicago department of innovation and technology. She joined the Emanuel administration in 2011 as deputy budget director focused on enterprise initiatives and performance management. After a year in that role, Berman transitioned to the department of innovation technology as the first deputy commissioner to focus on enterprise IT consolidation and operational excellence. Over the past year, Berman has focused transforming the team to align with the Mayor’s commitment to an open and data-driven government, building Chicago’s open data program into one of the largest in the country, implemented the ground-breaking “WindyGrid” spatial analytics platform into every level of government, integrating advanced analytics and real-time data-driven decision making across the city, and setting a new standard for government IT. Berman built a career promoting government innovation during her more than 10 years at IBM, where she worked closely with government agencies in cities and countries across the world to leverage technology and analytics to improve the services they provide to their residents. Throughout her time at IBM, Berman tailored cutting-edge business and data models, from processes to analytic algorithms for large government organizations in order to accelerate their own modernization efforts. Berman earned her bachelor’s degree and master’s in public policy from the University of Chicago.
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