Jonathan Behnke

Jonathan Behnke is the Chief Information Officer for the City of San Diego. He has over 20 years of IT experience managing and implementing technology for a broad range of industries including public sector, contract services, energy, construction, automotive, distribution, consulting, and manufacturing.

Jonathan is responsible for the technology strategy and operations for America’s eighth largest City including data center, cloud, network, voice, public safety wireless communications, web services, enterprise applications, portfolio management, cybersecurity, GIS, and data analytics in support of almost 13,000 users and 1.4 million residents.

He also serves on the Board of Directors for SanGIS, a joint powers authority between the City and County of San Diego responsible for maintaining a regional GIS land base and data warehouse. In support of regional digital equity, he serves on the San Diego Association of Governments Digital Equity Task Force.

Jonathan is also a member of the Gov AI Coalition, Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center, The Municipal Information Systems Association of California, San Diego Infragard, and Metropolitan Information Exchange representing a group of CIO’s from the largest cities and counties in the USA.