Carson Rapose

Carson Rapose is the Innovation Manager for the City of New Orleans Project Delivery Unit. He holds a bachelor’s degree in international relations from the University of New Orleans and an Associates in Arabic from the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California. Carson has been with the City of New Orleans for over 5 years, where he has been integral to the implementation & digitization of numerous processes, refinements, and the implementation of Asset, Construction, and Program management systems. Carson began his career as an Arabic Linguist and Cryptologist for the United States Navy. He later worked for the National Security Agency where he led a clandestine direct support intelligence team through multiple combat missions. Most recently he was employed at a fortune 500 Bank’s Financial Intelligence Unit where he developed new algorithms to efficiently detect & report suspicious activity. After a few years in the corporate world, the call to serve resurfaced and he is now proud to work to improve the City of New Orleans however he is able.