CITY OF HALLANDALE BEACH
276 tion , he can help join the two worlds together in order to embrace a more technology enabled future . “ My joint role allows greater governance , if you will , across the department so that it can ensure stronger collaboration , so that we don ’ t work in separate silos , so that processes use or consume technology better and at greater lengths ,” he says . “ It even allows better return of investment because it opens us up to greater executive sponsorship . They see the need to be quicker , to integrate faster and to respond to the customer and drive results . So as CIO , I need to understand challenges dynamically , because if I don ’ t , then we fall behind and in this modern world it ’ s incredibly hard to catch up .”
Technology is at the very core of what Chavarria does , and so it is hugely important as he navigates that dual role that he is able to communicate across the departments effectively . Chavarria describes the role of IT as the Innovation Technology Department and with that comes the constant need and desire to improve . As a depart-
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