Miguel Gamino

CIO & Executive Director-Department of Technology, City and County of San Francisco

Miguel A Gamiño Jr. provides thought leadership and the strategic direction for San Francisco's use of technology. He advises Mayor Edwin M. Lee, Board of Supervisors, and City departments regarding opportunities to leverage technology to improve government services; formulate a vision for City-wide technology, embracing best practices and serving as the catalyst for enhanced technology; establish unified standards throughout the City-wide organization; and play a leadership role in the development and implementation of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) plan for the City and County of San Francisco.??

Miguel currently serves as a Designee of Mayor Edwin M. Lee for the City and County of San Francisco on the Intergovernmental Advisory Committee (IAC) for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), in Washington D.C.

Miguel is a graduate of the University of Texas at El Paso with a dual major Bachelor in Business Administration (BBA) in Accounting and Computer Information Systems. He also attended the CIO Institute at Heinz College of Public Policy and Information Systems Management at Carnegie Mellon University in Washington D.C.

Prior to joining San Francisco in July 2013, Miguel served the City of El Paso, Texas as the Chief Information & Innovation Officer and Director of the Department of Information Technology Services.

Latest from Miguel Gamino

Building Networked Communities for Future Generations

Before the New Deal, the electric grid was not the ever-present utility we know today. Electricity was sparse, the networks were piecemeal and far from each other. Electricity was something people were excited to use, but few had any idea of how it would forever change their lives. In the early days, the electric grid only powered light bulbs. At the time, the light...

A Tale of Two Service Experiences

On a recent trip out of state with my family, I had the worst customer service experience of recent memory. The flight itself was delightful. The plane was new, the amenities modern and the airport was pleasant enough. Once we arrived, consistent with Murphy’s law, everything that could go wrong did. First, the airline lost our luggage, then when we were most...

The City of San Francisco Edging Toward the Internet of Things

As the Innovation Capital of the World, San Francisco is now positioning itself to become the hyper-connected Capital of the World. We are working to realize the vision of Mayor Edwin Lee, and other city leaders to keep San Francisco affordable for our low and middle-income families. This vision can be realized in part by hyper connectivity, led by the San Francisco...