Savio currently serves as Interim IT Director / IT Systems Manager for the City of Montgomery, Alabama. Over the years, Savio has played a vital role in identifying, developing, and enhancing numerous projects using in-house programming capabilities, as well as by forming strategic partnerships with private innovators. Since joining the City in 2013, he has been a key force behind Montgomery’s Open Data portal—which enhances public transparency, accountability, and responsiveness by making public records easily available to its 200,000 residents. Savio also plays an instrumental role in developing and implementing several of Montgomery’s Smart City initiatives—many of which have garnered numerous awards, including: Digital Cities Survey, Smart 50 Awards (2019 & 2020), Smart City Readiness Challenge (2019), and Government Innovation Awards (2019). Savio was recently named one of the “51 FABULOUS GLOBAL SMART CITIES LEADERS” during World CSR Day 2020.