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California's Riverside County Names New CIO, Broadband Project Manager

Government Technology: Riverside — California’s fourth most-populous county — has named a new top technology official and a manager of efforts to bring high-speed broadband to its more than 2.3 million residents.

Dave Rogers, who was Microsoft’s senior director of cloud computing before joining the county 19 months ago, is Riverside County’s new chief information officer, he confirmed to Government Technology.

Rogers joined the agency in December 2015 as its chief technology officer after more than a decade at Microsoft. He was named interim CIO on May 12, and appointed CIO on June 6, replacing former CIO Steve Reneker, Public Information Officer Ray Smith confirmed via email.

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