Ricardo emigrated from Panama in 1995, to pursue his dream of studying IT. He pursued his Associate Degree from Miami Dade College, Bachelors Degree in Management Information System from Florida State University and Masters Degree in Management Information Systems from Nova Southeastern University. After holding several entry level jobs in IT early in his career, he began his government career in 2007 with his first government IT job as an application system manager with City of Miami Gardens. During his government career Ricardo has never stopped learning and pursuing several professional certifications like Certified Government Chief Information Officer, Business Relationship Management Professional, Certified Chief Information Security Officer among other technical certifications. Ricardo landed his first role as CIO in 2011 as the CIO for City of North Miami and since then has held the CIO title at 3 different municipalities for over 14 years. In his current role as CIO for City of North Miami Beach he has led the charge to centralize IT for his organization, implemented smart city initiatives like electronic plan review, a ai powered contact center for his police department among other technology initiatives aimed at improving the operational efficiency of his organization.
Ricardo emigrated from Panama in 1995, to pursue his dream of studying IT. He pursued his Associate Degree from Miami Dade College, Bachelors Degree in Management Information System from Florida State University and Masters Degree in Management Information Systems from Nova Southeastern University. After holding several entry level jobs in IT early in his career, he began his government career in 2007 with his first government IT job as an application system manager with City of Miami Gardens. During his government career Ricardo has never stopped learning and pursuing several professional certifications like Certified Government Chief Information Officer, Business Relationship Management Professional, Certified Chief Information Security Officer among other technical certifications. Ricardo landed his first role as CIO in 2011 as the CIO for City of North Miami and since then has held the CIO title at 3 different municipalities for over 14 years. In his current role as CIO for City of North Miami Beach he has led the charge to centralize IT for his organization, implemented smart city initiatives like electronic plan review, a ai powered contact center for his police department among other technology initiatives aimed at improving the operational efficiency of his organization.
