Mohammed Al Rawi was appointed as the first CIO of Los Angeles County Public Defender’s (LACPD) office roughly five years ago, signaling the beginning of an era where technology and justice intersect to help the most vulnerable in the court system. He arrived at a crucial time when the office, laden with paper records and outdated legacy systems, desperately needed a digital overhaul. So he was recruited to create a 20-year vision to establish a client-centered case management system to replace the “on-premise computer closets that was called a data center,” he says. Therefore, his first order…