A Florida Department of Management Services spokesperson confirmed Rodgers’ departure to Industry Insider — Florida via email.
Rodgers first joined the Florida Digital Service on Jan. 5, 2022, bringing years of military and private-sector experience to the role. Before working in state government, Rodgers served as a commanding officer, executive officer, chief of targets, ops mission lead, cyber team lead and information warfare officer for the U.S. Navy.
Before that, he held several private- and public-sector positions, including working for IBM as a federal and public security architect, a worldwide i2 enterprise solution architect, a technical lead for security innovations, a software architect, a technical team lead and a software engineer.
He also served as a deputy mayor for the city of Boca Raton from 2015 to 2021, after working as a software engineer for Computer Task Group for two years.
He holds a bachelor’s and a master’s from Florida Atlantic University, and is working toward a Doctor of Philosophy degree in computer engineering.
Editor's note: This article has been corrected to clarify the status of Rodgers' doctorate.
This story first appeared in Industry Insider — Florida, part of e.Republic, Government Technology's parent company.
