Mayor Katie Wilson has chosen Shannon Smith to serve as Seattle’s next chief technology officer. The selection, confirmed by a city spokesperson but not yet announced publicly, brings a familiar face back to city government. Smith starts June 8. She currently works as a director at CAI, a global IT and business services firm. There she advises cities and counties across the U.S. on strategic planning, change management and technology department operations. GeekWire first reported the appointment on May 28, 2026 . Smith returns with more than a decade of direct experience in the region’s public sector technology operations. She served as a senior IT manager for the City of Seattle from 2014 to 2017. She spent nearly two years as the City of Bellevue’s applications lead for technology business solutions. And for more than five years she acted as chief of staff to the King County CIO. In that role she oversaw enterprise technology investments, drove innovation efforts and pushed operational improvements.…