Behrang Abadi
Director Of Innovation And Technology CIO
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBehrang Abadi is a seasoned public-sector technology leader with over a decade of experience architecting digital services and modernizing municipal IT across multiple Southern California cities. Currently serving as Director of Innovation and Technology/CIO in Rancho Cucamonga, he has led data, GIS, DevOps, automation, and citizen-facing platforms—bringing pragmatic engineering to complex government operations. Known for pairing technical depth (from hands-on development and infrastructure work to enterprise deployments) with empathy and curiosity, he consistently translates citizen needs into economical, auditable solutions. He built his career rising through roles that blended sysadmin, software development, and program management, and he’s comfortable managing vendors, budgets, and cross-department change initiatives. Behrang’s background in both tactical implementation and strategic leadership—plus a Masters in Management and Leadership—helps him deliver trustworthy, user-centered digital government experiences.
10 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
MSML, Management and Leadership, MSML, Management and Leadership at Pepperdine UniversityBS, Information Systems, BS, Information Systems at National University
English, Persian
Github Skills (2)
open-data5
open-source2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (4)
CityofSantaMonica/hackthebeach
Sep 2015 - Dec 2017
Open Data, Open Source, and Civic Tech in Santa Monica
Contributions:44 commits, 43 pushes in 2 years 3 months
civic-techsantacivicopen-datamonica
babadi/WellbeingDemographicData
Sep 2015 - Sep 2015
Contributions:1 push in 1 day
wellbeingcensussantamonica
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