Samuel Silva
Chief Information Officer
Sacramento, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSamuel Silva is an experienced public-sector technology leader with 11 years of IT and management experience, currently serving as Chief Information Officer for the California Department of Toxic Substances Control after leading IT strategy and operations as CIO at the Department of Pesticide Regulation. He combines hands-on infrastructure and web leadership—rising from web support and infrastructure manager roles—with enterprise budgeting, vendor contracting, and compliance expertise across SAM, SIMM, and ITIL frameworks. Samuel has a track record of building and mentoring cross-functional teams, managing multi-million dollar operational budgets, and translating accessibility and usability standards into department-wide practice. Based in Sacramento, he’s focused on empowering developers and agencies with AI-enabled solutions while maintaining strong relationships with CDT, DGS, and CalEPA to drive coordinated, auditable modernization. An English Honors graduate, he brings an uncommon blend of communications, user-centered design sensibility, and technical governance to public IT transformation.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
English Honors, Emphasis in teaching, English Honors, Emphasis in teaching at San Diego State University
Github Skills (200)
amazon-cognito10
ui-components10
testing10
middleware10
graphql-api10
browser10
api10
html10
cloud-services10
universal-react10
static-site-generator10
graphcms10
font-awesome10
nodejs10
svelte10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
samuelcastro/github-viewer
Oct 2018 - Oct 2025
A small project to search and view GitHub issues/pull-requests created with React/Redux/Sagas/Reselect/Immutable.js and much more.
Contributions:13 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years
immutablejsreactredux
samuelcastro/my-blog
May 2024 - Feb 2026
Contributions:5 reviews, 30 PRs, 48 pushes in 1 year 9 months
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