Public Finance · Technology · California
I am Brandon Mims, City Treasurer of Compton and a technology executive. This is a portfolio of the programs I have led — treasury modernization, investment governance, banking infrastructure, and civic technology delivered inside real public constraints.
$346.26M
Investment portfolio grown as City Treasurer
$12.32M
Record FY26 interest earnings, with no new taxes
95%+
Daily liquidity forecast accuracy
About
Brandon Mims serves as the elected City Treasurer of Compton, California, where he oversees cash forecasting, investment governance, banking infrastructure, and treasury technology. He was re-elected in June 2026.
Before returning to municipal service, he directed 24/7 application development and production support for enterprise financial systems at the County of Los Angeles, led the full data and technology portfolio at the Water Replenishment District, and served as Deputy City Controller managing a $185M+ debt portfolio and the City's Annual Comprehensive Financial Report.
His work sits at the intersection of public money, policy, and software: close the control gap first, then automate what is already stable.
Selected work
Each program below is described by the problem it addressed, the role I held, and what changed as a result.
City Treasurer, City of Compton
Engineered an integrated cash forecasting framework pulling real-time data from major revenue streams, achieving 95%+ daily liquidity accuracy.
Treasury technology
Designed a Python-driven daily reconciliation tool using waterfall/FIFO matching logic to trace credit-card payments across inconsistent batch, settlement, and bank-posting dates.
LA County Internal Services Department
Directed 24/7 application development and production support for mission-critical enterprise financial systems serving nearly 110,000 users.
Manager of Administration and Technology, Water Replenishment District
Directed the agency's full data and technology portfolio, leading modernization across core enterprise systems.
Deputy City Controller
Managed a $185M+ debt portfolio with strict bond-covenant compliance while rebuilding the City's reporting cycle.
Citywide program leadership
Led the citywide rollout of the SIRE/OnBase agenda management system, cutting agenda preparation time 50% and improving public transparency.
How I work
Public money moves through policy, process, and software at the same time. My work sits where those three meet.
Custody, cash management, investment oversight, and statutory reporting for a California municipality.
Policy authorship, procurement design, audit readiness, and internal control documentation.
System selection, data integration, and automation of financial workflows in constrained public environments.
Working across banking partners, auditors, departments, and community institutions to move programs forward.
Measurement
Verified results from the programs above.
95%+
Daily liquidity forecast accuracy
40%
Faster financial report production
50%
Faster council agenda preparation
Interest earnings growth, FY24 → FY26
Safety of principal first, liquidity second, yield third — in that order, always. A measure only earns a place on a dashboard if someone is accountable for moving it and a resident could understand what it means.
Modernization in the public sector is rarely a single system purchase. It is sequencing: document the process, close the control gaps, then automate what is already stable.
Background
Current
City of Compton, California
Elected City Treasurer, re-elected June 2026. Leads cash forecasting, investment oversight, and treasury technology.
Prior
County of Los Angeles
Directed 24/7 application development and production support for enterprise financial systems serving nearly 110,000 users.
Prior
Water Replenishment District
Directed the agency's full data and technology portfolio, including ERP and HCM modernization.
Prior
Municipal finance
Managed a $185M+ debt portfolio with bond-covenant compliance and produced the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report with a clean unmodified audit opinion.
Contact
Inquiries welcome from municipalities, public agencies, universities, and organizations working on financial access, transparency, or treasury practice.