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Corpus Christi, TX-based City of Corpus Christi has Retired Michael Armstrong as Chief Information Officer
About the Company
The mission of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas is to deliver municipal services which meet the vital health, safety and general welfare needs of the residents and which sustain and improve their quality of life. As we work to achieve this mission, we will employ fiscal discipline, continuous improvement, first-rate customer service, and straight forward communications. In this work we will tolerate no mediocrity.
About the Person
Michael Armstrong started his career in 1974, when he became computer sustem manger for Kentucky`s Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, where he stayed for nearly 24 years. Armstrong marveled at how far technology has come over the years and how fast things are progressing now. In 1997, Armstrong moved to Iowa to serve as Des Moines` CIO and assistant city manager for eight years. (Armstrong was named a Government Technology Top 25 winner in 2003.) He then moved to the city of San Antonio in 2005 where he served as CIO for two years, and in 2007 became CIO of Corpus Christi, the position from which he will soon resign. In Corpus Christi, Armstrong is recognized for having managed one of the nation’s largest Wi-Fi networks, and leading the city’s data center operations, cloud computing and mobile efforts. During Armstrong’s tenure, Corpus Christi placed in the Center for Digital Government’s Digital Cities Survey for six consecutive years, including a first place award in 2009.
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