Bill Greeves, Wake County's chief information officer, chief innovation officer and deputy county manager, will depart for a role at software company SAP in February.

The winners of the GoldenGov: County Executive of the Year LocalSmart Awards say they emphasized efficiency in their tech leadership.

Wake County is now required to do assessments in half the time, but new software is helping the revenue department not fall behind — and even improve the accuracy of its valuations.