(US and Canada) Mayor Brandon M. Scott announced the appointment of Dartanion Swift-Williams as the Chief Data and Performance Officer for the City of Baltimore. In his role, Swift-Williams will be responsible for leading the Office of Performance and Innovation (OPI) and creating a modern, high-performing, and scalable data and performance management program for the city.

“Dartanion is a top tier data executive that will leverage his experience in big-tech, academia, and local government to transform how the city of Baltimore uses data to modernize government operations and deliver critical city services,” said Mayor Brandon M. Scott.

Swift-Williams spent several years in the private sector where he led data and platform innovation at a biosecurity startup, managed nonprofit and fundraising products at Meta, and led data science and engineering at a scientific nonprofit organization. In academia, he was an Adjunct Professor in the data analytics and visualization program at the George Washington University (GWU).

Prior to his time in the private sector, Swift-Williams spent 13 years working in local government. He previously led data operations for the Office of the City Administrator in Washington DC where he led citywide data initiatives, improved major city services such as business license registration and permitting, and collaborated with the agency performance team on CapStat and agency performance plans.