https://simplecast.com GovConnect On GovConnect, we sit down with local government innovation experts to bring you insightful stories and advice on technology, best practices, and the latest trends in civic and government technology. GovConnect is produced by Rock Solid en Wed, 20 May 2020 15:00:00 +0000 Fri, 12 Mar 2021 13:53:53 +0000 https://rocksolid.com/ GovConnect https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/43236669-9145-4120-8513-72cb64553ef3/4c2913e4-e4bb-4163-92ea-7ad4ac8f9e43/3000x3000/1589560482-artwork.jpg?aid=rss_feed https://rocksolid.com/ episodic On GovConnect, we sit down with local government innovation experts to bring you insightful stories and advice on technology, best practices, and the latest trends in civic and government technology. GovConnect is produced by Rock Solid Rock Solid no https://feeds.simplecast.com/pa2lH10G government technology, civic technology, innovation, cio Rock Solid marketing-us@rocksolid.com a288de72-f851-4081-a7f2-c50a53bf5ead 012 Dan Hymowitz - (Director of Baltimore's Office of Performance and Innovation) In his leadership of the Mayor of Baltimore's Office for Performance and Innovation in Baltimore, Maryland, Dan Hymowitz relies on data, human-centered design, and his experience working with to support the government's response to the about the Ebola epidemic in late 2014 and early 2015 to meet big city challenges. This interview was originally recorded in May 2019.

Highlights:

  • Lessons learned from the Ebola pandemic response
  • How the Performance and Innovation team is tackling police recruitment and vacant housing in Baltimore
  • A discussion on the top challenges government CIOs face today

Connect with Dan on LinkedIn and Twitter

]]> Wed, 20 May 2020 15:00:00 +0000 marketing-us@rocksolid.com (Rock Solid) https://govconnect-469016e8.simplecast.com/episodes/de46e12d-4GYGDQnA In his leadership of the Mayor of Baltimore's Office for Performance and Innovation in Baltimore, Maryland, Dan Hymowitz relies on data, human-centered design, and his experience working with to support the government's response to the about the Ebola epidemic in late 2014 and early 2015 to meet big city challenges. This interview was originally recorded in May 2019.

Highlights:

  • Lessons learned from the Ebola pandemic response
  • How the Performance and Innovation team is tackling police recruitment and vacant housing in Baltimore
  • A discussion on the top challenges government CIOs face today

Connect with Dan on LinkedIn and Twitter

]]> 012 Dan Hymowitz - (Director of Baltimore's Office of Performance and Innovation) Rock Solid 00:26:02 Dan Hymowitz is the Director of the Mayor's Office of Performance and Innovation in Baltimore, Maryland. Listen in to learn about Dan's experience working on the front lines of the Ebola outbreak in 2014 and how he has used that experience to structure and lead an innovation team. This podcast was recorded in May 2019. Dan Hymowitz is the Director of the Mayor's Office of Performance and Innovation in Baltimore, Maryland. Listen in to learn about Dan's experience working on the front lines of the Ebola outbreak in 2014 and how he has used that experience to structure and lead an innovation team. This podcast was recorded in May 2019. cio, government innovation, pandemic response, local government no full 12 7e98912d-1750-4531-b36b-72e9e9aeec01 011 Julia Richman (CIO & CTO, City of Boulder, CO) Julia Richman Chief Innovation Officer and Chief Technology Officer with City of Boulder, Colorado. After getting a public policy degree, she started in consulting. Joining one of the big consulting firms, she spent about 10 years working with state and local governments. Started at the city in 2017 as the Innovation and Analytics Officer, before moving into the role of CIO, overseeing the enterprise technology function.

Highlights:

- Path from Public Policy to Big Consulting to Local Gov - Defining "technology isn't necessarily the innovation, innovation isn't necessarily have to be technology" - Strategy as part a three to five-year vision

Connect with Julia on Twitter and find more info on Boulder open data page and Boulder Measures

]]> Wed, 13 Nov 2019 15:15:00 +0000 marketing-us@rocksolid.com (Rock Solid) https://govconnect-469016e8.simplecast.com/episodes/6b3a4c04-yc8jOSZm Julia Richman Chief Innovation Officer and Chief Technology Officer with City of Boulder, Colorado. After getting a public policy degree, she started in consulting. Joining one of the big consulting firms, she spent about 10 years working with state and local governments. Started at the city in 2017 as the Innovation and Analytics Officer, before moving into the role of CIO, overseeing the enterprise technology function.

Highlights:

- Path from Public Policy to Big Consulting to Local Gov - Defining "technology isn't necessarily the innovation, innovation isn't necessarily have to be technology" - Strategy as part a three to five-year vision

Connect with Julia on Twitter and find more info on Boulder open data page and Boulder Measures

]]> 011 Julia Richman (CIO & CTO, City of Boulder, CO) Rock Solid 00:23:28 Julia Richman Chief Innovation Officer and Chief Technology Officer with City of Boulder, Colorado. After getting a public policy degree, she started in consulting. Joining one of the big consulting firms, she spent about 10 years working with state and local governments. Started at the city in 2017 as the Innovation and Analytics Officer, before moving into the role of CIO, overseeing the enterprise technology function. Julia Richman Chief Innovation Officer and Chief Technology Officer with City of Boulder, Colorado. After getting a public policy degree, she started in consulting. Joining one of the big consulting firms, she spent about 10 years working with state and local governments. Started at the city in 2017 as the Innovation and Analytics Officer, before moving into the role of CIO, overseeing the enterprise technology function. govtech, open data no full 11 e24752e0-27cb-420c-add0-da1a4930c29c 010 David Graham (Chief Innovation Officer, City of Carlsbad, CA) David Graham, Chief Innovation Officer with City of Carlsbad, California. David is the first CIO in San Diego County and one of the few throughout the state at the local level. Previously he served as the Deputy Chief Operating Officer for smart and sustainable communities at the City of San Diego among other positions.

Connect with David on LinkedIn and Twitter

]]> Tue, 13 Aug 2019 15:00:00 +0000 marketing-us@rocksolid.com (Rock Solid) https://govconnect-469016e8.simplecast.com/episodes/6a96bfaf-OfUMp8l_ David Graham, Chief Innovation Officer with City of Carlsbad, California. David is the first CIO in San Diego County and one of the few throughout the state at the local level. Previously he served as the Deputy Chief Operating Officer for smart and sustainable communities at the City of San Diego among other positions.

Connect with David on LinkedIn and Twitter

]]> 010 David Graham (Chief Innovation Officer, City of Carlsbad, CA) Rock Solid 00:24:55 David Graham, Chief Innovation Officer with City of Carlsbad, California. He is the first CIO in San Diego County and one of the few throughout the state at the local level. Traffic concerns, sustainability concerns, digital transformation moving our systems from analog to digital, going mobile, and providing more services to people. David Graham, Chief Innovation Officer with City of Carlsbad, California. He is the first CIO in San Diego County and one of the few throughout the state at the local level. Traffic concerns, sustainability concerns, digital transformation moving our systems from analog to digital, going mobile, and providing more services to people. digital transformation, local government, innovation team no full 10 f579383f-89c9-41e5-a034-4ba59492544d 009 Amada Daflos - (Director of the Innovation Team, Los Angeles, CA) Amanda built a multidisciplinary innovation team in the city of Los Angeles, CA that has gone beyond traditional expectations. Amanda and her team work to improve the lives of residents by asking questions, creating goals and tracking metrics.

Highlights:

  • Building the Innovation Team
  • How the Innovation Team selects programs to launch and execute
  • Details on how they set-up and track their "Pledge to Patrol" program in Los Angeles

Connect with Amanda at LinkedIn

]]> Tue, 9 Jul 2019 15:00:00 +0000 marketing-us@rocksolid.com (Rock Solid) https://govconnect-469016e8.simplecast.com/episodes/d6367f12-8Dm_y1i1 Amanda built a multidisciplinary innovation team in the city of Los Angeles, CA that has gone beyond traditional expectations. Amanda and her team work to improve the lives of residents by asking questions, creating goals and tracking metrics.

Highlights:

  • Building the Innovation Team
  • How the Innovation Team selects programs to launch and execute
  • Details on how they set-up and track their "Pledge to Patrol" program in Los Angeles

Connect with Amanda at LinkedIn

]]> 009 Amada Daflos - (Director of the Innovation Team, Los Angeles, CA) Rock Solid 00:27:10 Amanda Daflos, is the Chief Innovation Officer in the city of Los Angeles. Amanda has experience in the public sector and the nonprofit world and in 2018, Los Angeles was awarded the Fast Company world-changing idea for their work in tackling the housing crisis. Amanda Daflos, is the Chief Innovation Officer in the city of Los Angeles. Amanda has experience in the public sector and the nonprofit world and in 2018, Los Angeles was awarded the Fast Company world-changing idea for their work in tackling the housing crisis. police academy, local government, innovation team no full 9 6316755c-17d9-419f-8d49-5db06bf4e46c 008 Dominic Campbell - (CEO, Future Gov & Interim Chief Digital Officer, Homes England) Our first international guest is Dominic Campbell, is the founder and CEO of Future Gov and the Interim Chief Digital Officer of Homes England the non-departmental public body, which funds affordable housing in England.

Highlights:

  • Why governments should be thinking about the radical reinvention of the status quo using digital tools
  • Using design thinking to prioritize the customer journey rather than the bureaucratic process.
  • "Accidental entrepreneur" that built FutureGov to apply internet age technologies to Public Service problems

Connect with Dominic on Twitter

]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2019 23:13:00 +0000 marketing-us@rocksolid.com (Rock Solid) https://govconnect-469016e8.simplecast.com/episodes/671abd71-Zc4_DrP1 Our first international guest is Dominic Campbell, is the founder and CEO of Future Gov and the Interim Chief Digital Officer of Homes England the non-departmental public body, which funds affordable housing in England.

Highlights:

  • Why governments should be thinking about the radical reinvention of the status quo using digital tools
  • Using design thinking to prioritize the customer journey rather than the bureaucratic process.
  • "Accidental entrepreneur" that built FutureGov to apply internet age technologies to Public Service problems

Connect with Dominic on Twitter

]]> 008 Dominic Campbell - (CEO, Future Gov & Interim Chief Digital Officer, Homes England) Rock Solid 00:31:01 Our first international guest is Dominic Campbell, is the founder and CEO of Future Gov and the Interim Chief Digital Officer of Homes England the non-departmental public body, which funds affordable housing in England. Our first international guest is Dominic Campbell, is the founder and CEO of Future Gov and the Interim Chief Digital Officer of Homes England the non-departmental public body, which funds affordable housing in England. no full 8 ff650ebb-d783-4aa8-9c86-27c71ca42602 007 Greg Chavarria - (Chief Information Officer, Hallandale Beach, FL) Greg Chavarria the Assistant City Manager and Chief Information Officer at the City of Hallandale Beach, Florida

Highlights:

  • Transitioning from civil engineer to programmer to project manager to CIO
  • Differences in IT leadership CIO roles at the local government level vs state department
  • How PMP background can help any IT leader

Connect with Greg at gregcharvarria.com and LinkedIn

]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2019 16:34:00 +0000 marketing-us@rocksolid.com (Rock Solid) https://govconnect-469016e8.simplecast.com/episodes/31277368-ZHnnX1uI Greg Chavarria the Assistant City Manager and Chief Information Officer at the City of Hallandale Beach, Florida

Highlights:

  • Transitioning from civil engineer to programmer to project manager to CIO
  • Differences in IT leadership CIO roles at the local government level vs state department
  • How PMP background can help any IT leader

Connect with Greg at gregcharvarria.com and LinkedIn

]]> 007 Greg Chavarria - (Chief Information Officer, Hallandale Beach, FL) Rock Solid 00:22:03 Greg Chavarria is the Assistant City Manager and Chief Information Officer at the City of Hallandale Beach, Florida. We discussed transitioning from civil engineer to programmer to project manager to CIO, the differences in IT leadership CIO roles at the local government level vs state department, and how PMP background can help any IT leader. Greg Chavarria is the Assistant City Manager and Chief Information Officer at the City of Hallandale Beach, Florida. We discussed transitioning from civil engineer to programmer to project manager to CIO, the differences in IT leadership CIO roles at the local government level vs state department, and how PMP background can help any IT leader. govtech, cio, pmp no full 7 8c6f3ee0-ab94-4209-ad37-4fe5b68f9c4c 006 Brian Elms (Founding Member, Denver's Peak Academy) Brian Elms, a founding member of Denver's Peak Academy and currently serves as an Innovation Practice Lead at the Change and Innovation Agency. He’s also a published author thanks to his book Peak Performance: How Denver’s Peak Academy is Saving Money, Boosting Morale and Just Maybe Changing the World. (And How You Can, Too!)

Highlights:

  • Learn about the different types of innovation
  • How leaders can talk about and define failure
  • Overcoming challenges facing today's innovation teams and leaders

Connect with Brian at ChangeAgents.Info, Peak Performance Book, and LinkedIn

]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2019 17:32:00 +0000 marketing-us@rocksolid.com (Rock Solid) https://govconnect-469016e8.simplecast.com/episodes/a831b881-yOtYUGf8 Brian Elms, a founding member of Denver's Peak Academy and currently serves as an Innovation Practice Lead at the Change and Innovation Agency. He’s also a published author thanks to his book Peak Performance: How Denver’s Peak Academy is Saving Money, Boosting Morale and Just Maybe Changing the World. (And How You Can, Too!)

Highlights:

  • Learn about the different types of innovation
  • How leaders can talk about and define failure
  • Overcoming challenges facing today's innovation teams and leaders

Connect with Brian at ChangeAgents.Info, Peak Performance Book, and LinkedIn

]]> 006 Brian Elms (Founding Member, Denver's Peak Academy) Rock Solid 00:31:33 Brian Elms, a founding member of Denver's Peak Academy and currently serves as an Innovation Practice Lead at the Change and Innovation Agency. He’s also a published author thanks to his book Peak Performance: How Denver’s Peak Academy is Saving Money, Boosting Morale and Just Maybe Changing the World. (And How You Can, Too!) Learn about the different types of innovation, talking about and defining failure, and overcoming challenges facing innovation teams and leaders. Brian Elms, a founding member of Denver's Peak Academy and currently serves as an Innovation Practice Lead at the Change and Innovation Agency. He’s also a published author thanks to his book Peak Performance: How Denver’s Peak Academy is Saving Money, Boosting Morale and Just Maybe Changing the World. (And How You Can, Too!) Learn about the different types of innovation, talking about and defining failure, and overcoming challenges facing innovation teams and leaders. innovation, local gov, peak academy, denver no full 6 ead9bd17-6115-4a53-8f9f-08c0525aac27 005 Abhi Nemani (Founder, EthosLabs) Abhi Nemani, who helped launch Code for America, served as the City of Los Angeles' first Chief Data Officer and later interim Chief Innovation Officer under Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, is the founder of EthosLabs, a govtech consultancy.

Highlights:

  • How he helped to popularize Open Data portals but that cities should actually move beyond them
  • How local government can set up their model for civic innovation
  • Challenges faced by Govtech companies face with the traditional Venture Capital model

Connect with Abhi at EthosLabs and Twitter

]]> Wed, 2 Jan 2019 15:41:00 +0000 marketing-us@rocksolid.com (Rock Solid) https://govconnect-469016e8.simplecast.com/episodes/085a1985-yhMZRxn0 Abhi Nemani, who helped launch Code for America, served as the City of Los Angeles' first Chief Data Officer and later interim Chief Innovation Officer under Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, is the founder of EthosLabs, a govtech consultancy.

Highlights:

  • How he helped to popularize Open Data portals but that cities should actually move beyond them
  • How local government can set up their model for civic innovation
  • Challenges faced by Govtech companies face with the traditional Venture Capital model

Connect with Abhi at EthosLabs and Twitter

]]> 005 Abhi Nemani (Founder, EthosLabs) Rock Solid 00:33:34 Abhi Nemani, who helped launch Code for America, served as the City of Los Angeles' first Chief Data Officer and later interim Chief Innovation Officer under Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, is the founder of EthosLabs, a govtech consultancy. Abhi Nemani, who helped launch Code for America, served as the City of Los Angeles' first Chief Data Officer and later interim Chief Innovation Officer under Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, is the founder of EthosLabs, a govtech consultancy. govtech, innovation, local government no full 5 3e513a60-229b-43b0-95e2-a2f4c08af72a 004 Dustin Haisler (Chief Innovation Officer, Government Technology) Dustin Haisler, the Chief Innovation Officer at Government Technology, is a ferocious reader who's known for curating content on all things innovation and distilling it back to how it connects to local government. He has direct personal experience with all sides of government innovation, first as CIO in the public sector, later working for a govtech startup, and now working with local governments across the world on content and events as an executive at e.Republic.

Highlights:

- How to build Open and Rapid Innovation with your own organization - Gamification to reward citizen engagement, and why it hasn't been more widely adopted - "Innovation isn't an ideas problem, it's also putting in place a system to execute on ideas that people have"

Connect with Dustin at dustinhaisler.com, LinkedIn and Twitter

]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2018 17:58:00 +0000 marketing-us@rocksolid.com (Rock Solid) https://govconnect-469016e8.simplecast.com/episodes/efca96c1-vjhNj_Py Dustin Haisler, the Chief Innovation Officer at Government Technology, is a ferocious reader who's known for curating content on all things innovation and distilling it back to how it connects to local government. He has direct personal experience with all sides of government innovation, first as CIO in the public sector, later working for a govtech startup, and now working with local governments across the world on content and events as an executive at e.Republic.

Highlights:

- How to build Open and Rapid Innovation with your own organization - Gamification to reward citizen engagement, and why it hasn't been more widely adopted - "Innovation isn't an ideas problem, it's also putting in place a system to execute on ideas that people have"

Connect with Dustin at dustinhaisler.com, LinkedIn and Twitter

]]> 004 Dustin Haisler (Chief Innovation Officer, Government Technology) Rock Solid 00:38:12 Dustin Haisler, the Chief Innovation Officer at Government Technology, is a ferocious reader who's curated content on all things innovation and then how it connects back to local government. He has direct personal experience with all sides of government innovation, first as CIO in the public sector, later working for a govtech startup, and now working with local governments across the world on content and events. Dustin Haisler, the Chief Innovation Officer at Government Technology, is a ferocious reader who's curated content on all things innovation and then how it connects back to local government. He has direct personal experience with all sides of government innovation, first as CIO in the public sector, later working for a govtech startup, and now working with local governments across the world on content and events. no full 4 48dfb0cc-dce2-4c43-aded-9916b6dd2fde 003 Brendan Babb (CIO, Municipality of Anchorage) Brendan Babb, Chief Innovation Officer, talks about how his time as a programmer, researcher, patent holder, and Code for America co-captain impacted his perspective as the CIO of Alaska's largest city.

Highlights:

- Patent holder, who's worked with NASA on Mars Rover image compression - Using behavioral insights to recover $500,000 in city revenue by spending $18,000 to test new collections process - "I'll absorb the heat to normalize failure" - Why he hopes someday the city doesn't need a separate innovation team

Connect with Brendan on LinkedIn and Twitter

]]> Wed, 5 Dec 2018 12:15:00 +0000 marketing-us@rocksolid.com (Rock Solid) https://govconnect-469016e8.simplecast.com/episodes/0d00238a-4_inwORB Brendan Babb, Chief Innovation Officer, talks about how his time as a programmer, researcher, patent holder, and Code for America co-captain impacted his perspective as the CIO of Alaska's largest city.

Highlights:

- Patent holder, who's worked with NASA on Mars Rover image compression - Using behavioral insights to recover $500,000 in city revenue by spending $18,000 to test new collections process - "I'll absorb the heat to normalize failure" - Why he hopes someday the city doesn't need a separate innovation team

Connect with Brendan on LinkedIn and Twitter

]]> 003 Brendan Babb (CIO, Municipality of Anchorage) Rock Solid 00:35:11 Brendan Babb, Chief Innovation Officer, talks about how his time as a programmer, researcher, patent holder, and Code for America co-captain impacted his perspective as the CIO of Alaska's largest city. Brendan Babb, Chief Innovation Officer, talks about how his time as a programmer, researcher, patent holder, and Code for America co-captain impacted his perspective as the CIO of Alaska's largest city. govtech, civic tech, cio no full 3 2fbadd09-d03e-43a2-a191-e9efca6dfe6b 002 Nick Bowden (MindMixer & Sidewalk Labs) Nick Bowden was the CEO and Founder of MindMixer (and later mySidewalk), and he now serves as Product Lead for Model Lab at Sidewalk Labs, an Alphabet company.

Highlights

  • Raising $23M in Venture Capital and the pressure to grow as fast as possible.
  • Learning and transitioning from urban planning background to consulting at engineering firm to govtech entrepreneur
  • Making significant change by pivoting MindMixer, an online town hall software, into mySidewalk, a data aggregation tool.
  • Using mobile technology at Replica to explode volume of data local governments can collect in order to make more informed mobility planning decisions.

Read Nick's Blog and follow on Twitter

]]> Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:45:00 +0000 marketing-us@rocksolid.com (Rock Solid) https://govconnect-469016e8.simplecast.com/episodes/508a7a25-d6zBSneQ Nick Bowden was the CEO and Founder of MindMixer (and later mySidewalk), and he now serves as Product Lead for Model Lab at Sidewalk Labs, an Alphabet company.

Highlights

  • Raising $23M in Venture Capital and the pressure to grow as fast as possible.
  • Learning and transitioning from urban planning background to consulting at engineering firm to govtech entrepreneur
  • Making significant change by pivoting MindMixer, an online town hall software, into mySidewalk, a data aggregation tool.
  • Using mobile technology at Replica to explode volume of data local governments can collect in order to make more informed mobility planning decisions.

Read Nick's Blog and follow on Twitter

]]> 002 Nick Bowden (MindMixer & Sidewalk Labs) Rock Solid 00:28:33 Nick Bowden was the CEO and Founder of MindMixer (and later mySidewalk), and he now serves as Product Lead for Model Lab at Sidewalk Labs, an Alphabet company. Nick Bowden was the CEO and Founder of MindMixer (and later mySidewalk), and he now serves as Product Lead for Model Lab at Sidewalk Labs, an Alphabet company. govtech, mindmixer, civic tech, mysidewalk, replica, sidewalk labs, urban planning, mobility no full 2 fdbf6e3f-d7e1-4d9d-8593-dcc9862e4862 001 Steve Ressler (GovLoop & Callyo) Steve Ressler, the founder of GovLoop, has a experience in the public sector and held leadership roles at GovDelivery, Granicus, and Callyo.

Highlights:

- Creating and growing an audience for Govloop, "Facebook for Government Employees" - Deciding to sell Govloop - How governments can assess startup companies - Impact of outside financing on government technology

Callyo's rap announcement
Connect with Steve on LinkedIn and Twitter

]]> Sat, 13 Oct 2018 00:45:00 +0000 marketing-us@rocksolid.com (CitySourced) https://govconnect-469016e8.simplecast.com/episodes/bf317e82-56o8LB_v Steve Ressler, the founder of GovLoop, has a experience in the public sector and held leadership roles at GovDelivery, Granicus, and Callyo.

Highlights:

- Creating and growing an audience for Govloop, "Facebook for Government Employees" - Deciding to sell Govloop - How governments can assess startup companies - Impact of outside financing on government technology

Callyo's rap announcement
Connect with Steve on LinkedIn and Twitter

]]> 001 Steve Ressler (GovLoop & Callyo) CitySourced 00:31:41 Steve Ressler, the founder of GovLoop, has a experience in the public sector and has held leadership roles at GovDelivery, Granicus, and Callyo. Steve Ressler, the founder of GovLoop, has a experience in the public sector and has held leadership roles at GovDelivery, Granicus, and Callyo. no full 1