Laura Melle Senior Procurement Lead City of Boston, MA LinkedIn | Twitter |
Stefanie Costa Leabo Interim Chief Data Officer City of Boston, MA LinkedIn | Twitter |
Two Innovation & Technology staff from the City of Boston, Massachusetts joined the podcast to talk about their work. Laura Melle is the Sr. Procurement Lead and Stefanie Costa Leabo is the Interim Chief Data Officer, both shared how they are using their positions to be a resource for city departments.They discussed how Boston is doing procurement differently (including more RFPs), how they are using data to make decisions, and how What Works Cities helped them do those things.
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