Summary—This panel was organized by Dennis Roberson and Randy Berry, and will include a Welcome Address from Moderator Danielle DuMerer.

Biographies

Danielle DuMerer serves as CIO at the City of Chicago's Department of Innovation and Technology, to improve how residents interact with government and leading its smart city initiatives. She previously served as Chicago's CTO as well as Director of Planning, Policy, & Management.

In 2016, Danielle and her team were recognized by the Chicago chapters of SIM and AITP as the Most Effective IT Team in a large company. Prior to working in government, Danielle developed K-12 educational technology products at the McGraw-Hill Companies. She also worked in the Library and Archives field, serving a variety of educational and non-profit organizations to promote equitable access to and preservation of information resources. Danielle holds a Master of Library and Information Science degree from the University of Maryland, College Park and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Paul Steinberg leads the company’s technology and intellectual property strategy, as well as the strategic venture capital investment activities. Paul joined Motorola in 1992 as a senior software development engineer in the wireless infrastructure group.

Prior to his current position, he was chief architect for carrier broadband wireless infrastructure products in Motorola’s network infrastructure unit. He serves on technical advisory boards for multiple companies, is a member of the Federal Communications Commission Technical Advisory Council and is also a member of the Illinois State Governor’s Smarter Illinois Advisory Board. Before joining Motorola, Paul was a distinguished member of the technical staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories where he worked on operating system development.

Robert Bell heads research, analysis and content development activities and directs the multi-stage analysis of communities for the annual Intelligent Community Awards program. He also authors the in-depth content on the Top7 Intelligent Communities that are core to ICF's mission.

Robert developed and leads the Intelligent Community Accelerator programs. Serving as the content lead for ICF's Global Summit, he is also the author or editor of ICF's research reports, and lead co-author of Brain Gain, Seizing Our Destiny and Broadband Economies.

A regular blogger, Robert has contributed articles to The Municipal Journal of Telecommunications Policy, IEDC Journal, Mayors & Cities, Global Urbanist, Daily Yonder, and Telecommunications; and has appeared in segments of ABC World News and The Discovery Channel. A frequent keynote speaker and moderator at municipal and telecom industry events, he has also led economic development missions and study tours to cities in Asia and the US.

Testimonials
During two Master Classes, Robert thoroughly impressed attendees with his vast knowledge of the critical role broadband plays in today’s global economy and his ability to frame it in local and community terms. Best of all, he was a joy to work with.
–Diana Simek, Coordinating and Development Corporation, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA

Robert Bell was a keynote speaker for the kickoff of a new speakers series for our community, and having him attend and speak lent a great deal of gravitas to our efforts.
–John Campbell, President and CEO, Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Robert is a gifted speaker and blends a great combination of relevant information, humor and gravitas.
–David Woolson, President and CEO, Walla Walla Chamber of Commerce, Walla Walla, Washington, USA

Hardik Bhatt is a business leader with tremendous acumen in both strategy and execution for growth and transformations. Hardik has moved seamlessly between private and public sector.

Since 2017, he leads smart cities and mobility business verticals for Amazon Web Services (AWS), where Hardik is responsible for helping state and local governments become more efficient, competitive, and engaged with the use of cloud, data analytics, Internet of Things, artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies.

In 2015, Governor Rauner recruited him as the Chief Information Officer and Secretary of Innovation & Technology for Illinois. In 2 years, Hardik brought Illinois from bottom 4th to top 3rd in national digital rankings and pioneered Illinois’ data analytics, smart state and blockchain initiatives. Hardik also transformed Information Technology as an innovation enabler, by consolidating State’s 38 separate IT organizations into a newly created Department of Innovation and Technology.

Between 2010 and 2015, he led global business development for Cisco’s Smart Cities and IoT businesses, working in 40 global cities in 19 countries.

Previously, Hardik has been the CIO of City of Chicago and a consultant with Oracle Corporation and Tata Consultancy Services.

Hardik is also an angel investor. As a civic leader, he serves on boards of Fermi National Labs and Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.

Summary—

Full Title: Intelligent Communities/Smart Cities: Implementing New Technologies (Autonomous/Connected Vehicles and Advanced Technologies) to Address Cities/Communities Requirements

Transportation is inherently a local issue and, as the example of Uber demonstrates, the evolution and applications of vehicular technology depends on successful collaboration with local government.

This panel consists of community leaders who will share their perspectives on what makes transportation technology programs work for companies, the community and its citizens. ICF has recognized more than 170 cities, metro areas and counties around the world using digital technology to build inclusive prosperity, solve social problems and enrich culture, empowering “the place called home” to survive and thrive in today’s disruptive digital economy.

This panel provides the perspective and progress experienced with new technologies by the executives directly responsible for the well being of their communities.

This breakout Part II panel is a continuation of the Plenary Panel with additional interactive Q&A.

Biographies

See above for Robert Bell's biography.

Dan Mathieson is in his fourth term as Mayor and has sat on municipal council since 1995. During his tenure Dan has been a member on numerous boards and committees in healthcare, municipal affairs, law enforcement, athletics, not-for-profits, universities and colleges.

In Stratford, as part of his community initiatives, a fleet of 20 vehicles, including 10 public transit and municipal fleet vehicles, will become the platform for demonstrating up to 200 new connected car technologies using the city’s extensive WiFi network.

Mayor Mathieson is currently Chair of the Ontario Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC), Chair of Kings University College at Western University, Chair of the Stratford Police Services Board, a member of the Board of Directors of Festival Hydro and Rhyzome Networks, the Stratford Festival, and the Advisory Board of the University of Waterloo-Stratford Campus. Dan is also a Governor on the Board of I-Canada and is on the Advisory Board for Walsh University - Institute for the Study of the Intelligent Community.

In November, 2015 Dan was awarded the Alumni Award of Excellence from the Master of Public Administration, Local Government program at Western University. He is also the 2016 Western University, Public Administration Distinguished Practitioner in Residence, lecturing on governance and innovation in public institutions.

In 2012, Dan was chosen by the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance (CATA) to receive the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, paying tribute to community leaders whose endeavors have set them apart as technology innovators. As well, Dan received the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002 for public service. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Guelph and a Masters of Public Administration Degree from the University of Western Ontario.

As CIO of the City of Dublin, Doug McCollough has embraced the rich community of innovation that is Central Ohio. Through collaborations and partnerships, he has emerged as a leader and subject matter expert in the areas of Smart and Connected Communities, Smart Mobility, Intelligent Transportation, and Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, particularly in a local government context.

In 2015, the City of Dublin, Ohio teamed up with the City of Marysville, Ohio and Union County, all neighbors of the North American Headquarters of Honda R&D Americas as well as a cluster of over 60 automotive manufacturers and suppliers, to apply for the Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technology Deployment (ATCMTD) Grant Award from USDOT FHWA. The newly formed Council of Governments won a $6MM grant to deploy Dedicated Short-Range Communications (DSRC) technologies in support of Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Testing on a 35 mile stretch of Ohio Highway newly dubbed the 33 Smart Mobility Corridor the same year the City of Columbus won the USDOT Smart City Challenge - a $50MM Grant. These and other awards have spurred an unprecedented wave of investment and innovation in Connected and Autonomous Vehicle testing, Intelligent Transportation Systems, and Smart Mobility, in addition to more common Smart City programs. Multiple coordinated projects in the region including the 33 Smart Mobility Corridor, Smart Columbus, the Smart Center of the Transportation Research Center, the Drive Ohio Alliance, and others enjoy rich community support from the Ohio State University Center for Automotive Research, ODOT, USDOT, and a host of industry partners.

Prior to joining the Dublin team, Doug held positions within the State of Ohio Departments of Public Safety, Commerce, Industrial Commission, and Medicaid. He served as the Director of Information Technology for the City of Richmond, Virginia, and as a Project Manager at Nationwide Insurance and Alcatel-Lucent.

Doug earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Toledo in Information Systems and Operations Management and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Notre Dame.

Moez Chaabouni serves as a Sr. Account Executive at Informatica leveraging his many years of experience in the CIO role to be a trusted adviser and advocate for his customers and help their combined Business and IT teams move quickly to empower transformational data automation initiatives leveraging the right components of our market-leading Informatica Intelligent Data Platform for Data Integration, Cloud Data Management, Big Data Management, Data Quality, Data Security and Master Data Management. Moez is also an adjunct member of The Ohio State University faculty with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering.

Moez was the Deputy CIO with the City of Columbus where as a member of the Director's office participated in the overall operations and administrative management of the Department of Technology by directing the activities of the applications, GIS, Quality Assurance, Database, and Architecture groups. Moez also lead the nomination team for Columbus to win the Intelligent Community of the Year in 2015, laying the foundation for Columbus to win the US-DOT Smart City Challenge in 2016.

Prior to his responsibilities at the City of Columbus, Moez was the Founder and CEO of My CIO, LLC; CIO for Hondros College; CIO for Title First Agency and President of Scimus Information Systems, a sister company of Title First Agency; Senior Consultant with Rational Software (prior to the IBM acquisition); several years of consulting with Compuware Corporation; faculty member at Wright State University teaching Computer Science and conducting research in conjunction with Wright Patterson Air Force Base.

Moez received his bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems from The Ohio State University and a master’s degree as well as postgraduate PhD-track studies in Computer Science from Wright State University.

Moez resides in Upper Arlington, Ohio with his wife Kathryn.

Sanida Bratt is a Sr. Director of Emerging Solutions at Motorola Solutions focusing on Safe Cities and Safe Schools.

Prior to Motorola, Sanida held an executive leadership role at Hyla Mobile, a venture backed company dedicated to delivering sustainability, profitability, and greater access to mobile technology for all. Prior to Hyla Mobile, she was a Vice President of Product Management for Synchronoss where she was responsible for leading the product strategy and product management for the company’s Cloud Platform and its expansion into IoT markets. For her efforts she was recognized by Connected World Magazine's - 2014 Top Women of M2M. Previously, Sanida served in key product roles at HERE and SmithMicro Software.

Sanida has an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering and and Executive Education from Kellogg Graduate School of Management.