Cable-Tec Expo 2019

Kimberly Walker LaGrue
Chief Information Officer
City of New Orleans


Kimberly Walker LaGrue is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the City of New Orleans and head of the Office of Information Technology and Innovation. Her team is responsible for delivering stable, IT services to City of New Orleans employees and constituents through sustainable, forward-looking strategies for growth and expansion of IT services. She co-leads the City’s digital equity strategy, and also has a responsibility to improve New Orleans’ positioning as a tech-savvy, smart city, able to address challenges with 21st-century technology. A New Orleans native with over 25 years of experience in IT operations, telecommunications and data management, she’s spent most of her career modernizing and advancing technology in local government. Kimberly is an advisory board member of the Internet of Things Consortium, a member of the GMIS International Association of Government IT leaders, and participates in Smart City initiatives at local, state and national levels. A fierce advocate for local broadband adoption, Kimberly is personally committed to digital equity, digital literacy and technology opportunities for all New Orleanians.

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