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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