As the City of Seattle’s Chief Privacy Officer, and Director of Seattle Information Technology's Data Privacy, Accountability, and Compliance Division, I have responsibility for four citywide programs including the Privacy & Surveillance Compliance Program, the Citywide Public Records Act Program, the Open Data Program, and the Compliance & Policy Program. Our focus is promoting transparency in how we handle data to build public trust . Prior to this role, I worked for Microsoft on a team of privacy specialists to resolve issues associated with multi-million-dollar marketing initiatives. I spent the first 20 years of my career working in sales and marketing for Fortune 500 companies including IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Johnson & Johnson, and several medical technology startup companies.