The city of Chattanooga announced that Chattanooga CIO Tyson Morris has informed Mayor Tim Kelly that he will be leaving city government to pursue other opportunities.
"I want to thank Tyson for his more than two years of dedicated service to the people of Chattanooga, and I wish him the best in his next chapter,” said Mayor Kelly. “Under Tyson’s leadership, city government and our partners have done award-winning work to increase access to technology, use data to improve infrastructure and city services, upgrade city cybersecurity, and leverage our tech assets to move our community forward.”
Mayor Kelly has appointed Chattanooga’s Intelligent Cities Director Jerele Neeld as interim CIO. Mr. Neeld has decades of experience in the tech sector, including in leadership roles at Dell.