Miami IT Leader Is Out, Veteran City Exec Named Interim CIO

Gee Ming Chow, Miami’s chief information officer of more than two years, has been replaced with a longtime city executive, Arturo Duque, as interim CIO.

Industry Insider — Florida confirmed with the Miami Department of Innovation and Technology that Duque started in the position on Tuesday.

According to Duque’s Linkedin profile, he has been working for the city of Miami for more than 22 years as an Oracle enterprise resource planning manager and IT project manager. Before working for the city, Duque held IT positions at Banco De Occidente, Johnson & Johnson and AXA Equitable.

Duque has a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the City College of New York and a Master of Business Administration from Pace University — Lubin School of Business.

Miami city representatives did not respond before deadline to questions about the previous CIO Chow and his departure. Chow had served as CIO since June 2022, according to his LinkedIn profile.

This story first appeared in Industry Insider — Florida, part of e.Republic, Government Technology's parent company.