EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR DIGITAL GOVERNMENT
Rob Lloyd is the Executive Director of the Center for Digital Government, where he leads the organization’s national research and advisory programs focused on technology policy, innovation and best practices for government and industry leaders in state and local government. In this role, he oversees initiatives including the Digital Communities program and the Center for Public Sector AI and serves as a national voice on the technology challenges and opportunities shaping government.
Lloyd brings nearly three decades of public-sector technology leadership. Most recently, he served as Chief Technology Officer for the City of Seattle, where he was a member of the mayor’s cabinet and oversaw a team of nearly 600 employees and a technology portfolio of roughly $300 million. Previously, he was Deputy City Manager and Chief Information Officer for the City of San José and has held senior technology leadership roles in cities across Arizona, Oregon and Colorado.
His teams have earned more than 50 national honors, and his leadership has been recognized with awards including The AI 50, two ORBIE CIO of the Year awards, Governing Magazine’s Public Official of the Year, two GovTech Doers, Dreamers, and Drivers honors, four City Executive of the Year honors, and Business Journal leadership awards in Silicon Valley and Phoenix.
Rob earned a bachelor’s degree from Beloit College in Sociology/Public Administration and an MBA from the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.
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Lloyd brings nearly three decades of public-sector technology leadership. Most recently, he served as Chief Technology Officer for the City of Seattle, where he was a member of the mayor’s cabinet and oversaw a team of nearly 600 employees and a technology portfolio of roughly $300 million. Previously, he was Deputy City Manager and Chief Information Officer for the City of San José and has held senior technology leadership roles in cities across Arizona, Oregon and Colorado.
His teams have earned more than 50 national honors, and his leadership has been recognized with awards including The AI 50, two ORBIE CIO of the Year awards, Governing Magazine’s Public Official of the Year, two GovTech Doers, Dreamers, and Drivers honors, four City Executive of the Year honors, and Business Journal leadership awards in Silicon Valley and Phoenix.
Rob earned a bachelor’s degree from Beloit College in Sociology/Public Administration and an MBA from the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.
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