Brenna Berman Biography

Chicago Department of Innovation and Technology (DoIT) Commissioner and CIO Brenna Berman joined the Emanuel administration in 2011 as Deputy Budget Director focused on enterprise initiatives and performance management. After a year in that role Brenna transitioned to DoIT as 1st Deputy Commissioner to focus on enterprise IT consolidation and operational excellence.
Over the past year at DoIT Berman has focused transforming the team at DoIT to align with the Mayor’s commitment to an open and data-driven government building Chicago’s open data program into one of the largest in the country implemented the ground-breaking “WindyGrid” spatial analytics platform into every level of government integrating advanced analytics and real-time data-driven decision making across the city and setting a new standard for government IT.
Berman played a critical role in transforming the team at DoIT to provide the skills and expertise to implement the Mayor’s commitment to leveraging data and technology to create a more efficient effective and innovative City government. This has meant adding new skills to the team to increase the focus on software engineering and analytics improving the department’s commercial partnerships to drive savings for the City and identifying ground-breaking civic partnerships including hosting regular meetings with local female tech startup owners.

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