February 10, 2010 By Matt Williams
Photo: Randi Levin, CTO, Los Angeles/Photo by Terence Brown
The high-rise offices of the Los Angeles Information Technology Agency (ITA), which manages the IT systems used by 30,000 city employees, are a model of corporate efficiency -- a floor of cubicles ringed by window-facing rooms. Glass doors define a modest-size waiting room, where a flat-screen plays the city government TV channel on loop. A tall trophy case displays the department's victories. An organizational chart shows photos of CTO and ITA General Manager Randi Levin and her executive team.
It's all ordinary enough to make one temporarily forget that the iconic L.A. City Hall building, a tower made famous as a scene-setter in well known motion pictures, is across the street. Believe it or not, this Hollywood reference point is tangentially relevant, at least for Levin.
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