The Smart+Connected Communities Institute will host Hardik Bhatt at 11:30 a.m. ET on December 14 to present a webinar, "How to make an existing community smarter and connected: A case study."
Bhatt is the former CIO of the City of Chicago and the champion for Chicago’s Digital Excellence efforts, and now carries that torchlight for Cisco, to develop smart and connected communities around the globe.
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Presentation:
How would you make a 170 years old community smarter and connected so it can complete with a new community coming up on the other side of the world with completely new thought, design and technology? Chicago tried to do exactly that. The Chicago approach was both- top-down: when it came to infrastructure and bottom-up: when it came to Digital awareness and literacy. But on both ends, success lies in creating partnerships with stakeholders across various sectors.
More About Bhatt:
Hardik Bhatt is working for Cisco’s Global Smart + Connected Communities group as Director of Business Development and strategy. Hardik oversees Cisco’s large, marquee Smart Connected Communities projects for the Americas. Hardik joined Cisco after being the Chief Information Officer of the City of Chicago and Commissioner for Chicago Department of Innovation and Technology for close to 5 years.
As the CIO, Hardik had been leading a team of 250+ employees and consultants with an annual budget of over $150 Million. Hardik also lead Mayor Daley’s charge for universal and affordable broadband for all Chicagoans through various initiatives, including the Smart Communities program. In last 3 years, Hardik brought over $25 Million from Federal, State, Foundation and Private sector sources for Chicago’s Smart Communities program. On the way, he was instrumental in establishing partnerships with Chicagoland Healthcare providers, Utility and energy sector leaders as well as public safety, transportation and non-profit leaders.
Prior to joining the public sector, Hardik worked as a consultant with Oracle corporation in the US and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in India. Hardik has an MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from M. S. University, Baroda, India.
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