![Majed Al-Ghafry](/spk/MAl-Ghafrry.jpg)
Assistant City Manager & Chief Economic Development Officer, City of Dallas, TX
![Jim Alberque](/spk/JAlberque.jpg)
GIS and Emerging Technology Manager, City of Raleigh
![Mariela Alfonzo](/spk/MAlfonzo.jpg)
Founder, State of Place
![Megan Anderson](/spk/MAnderson.jpg)
Sustainability Director, City of Raleigh, NC
![Amy Armbruster](/spk/AArmbruster.jpg)
Sustainability Manager, City of Durham, NC
![Will Aycock](/spk/WAycock.jpg)
Enterprise Services Director, City of Wilson, NC
![Mark Badger](/spk/MBadger.jpg)
Fellow, Creative Director, CapTech
![Kelvin Baker Sr.](/spk/KBaker.jpg)
Deputy City Manager, City of Miramar, FL
![Mary-Ann Baldwin](/spk/MBaldwin.jpg)
Mayor, City of Raleigh
![Karla Ballard](/spk/KBallard.jpg)
Founder and CEO, Ying
![Sarika Bansal](/spk/SBansal.jpg)
Head of Identity & Access Management, Town of Cary, NC
![Robin Barham](/spk/RBarham.jpg)
Solid Waste Services Director, City of Concord, NC
![Dave Basil](/spk/DBasil.jpg)
President & CEO, TerraGo
![Andrea Battaglia](/spk/ABattaglia.jpg)
Chief Executive Officer, FIWARE Foundation, Germany
![Yannick Baudru](/spk/YBaudru.jpg)
Director of Emerging and Specialty Technologies, SEPTA (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority)
![Jonathon Bazan](/spk/JBazan.jpg)
Assistant County Administrator, Dallas County, TX
![Zach Berke](/spk/ZBerke.jpg)
CEO, Exygy
![Alex Boakye](/spk/ABoakye.jpg)
Vice President, Solutions Development, SAS
![Gennadiy Borisov](/spk/GBorisov.jpg)
President & Co-CEO, Klika Tech
![Jerry Brown](/spk/JBrown.jpg)
Branch GM, Siemens
![Matt Brown](/spk/MBrown.jpg)
Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder, buildee
![Sophia Bryan](/spk/SBryan.jpg)
Administrative Manager, Office of the City Manager, City of Miramar, FL
![George Burciaga](/spk/GBurciaga.jpg)
Managing Director, US Mayoral Roundtable
![Lori Bush](/spk/LBush.jpg)
At Large Councilmember, Town of Cary, NC
![Eric Byington](/spk/EByington.jpg)
American-Made Network Lead, NREL
![Sara Caliendo](/spk/SCaliendo.jpg)
Energy Manager, Town of Cary
![Mike Cannon](/spk/MCannon.jpg)
Executive Advisor Smart Technologies, Network for Future, Former CTO for Stafford Co
![Jen Carter](/spk/JCarter.jpg)
Global Head of Technology, Google.org
![Andres Carvallo](/spk/ACarvallo.jpg)
Co-Director, CIEDAR Consortium, Texas State University
![Isaac Castillo](/spk/ICastillo.jpg)
Senior Advisor – Learning and Evaluation, KABOOM!
![Wayne Chang](/spk/WChang.jpg)
Co-Founder and CEO, Spruce Systems
![Keith Chinchar](/spk/KChinchar.jpg)
Vice President of Sales, Ubicquia
![Bruce Coffing](/spk/BCoffing.jpg)
Chief Information Security Officer, City of Chicago, IL
![Chelsea Collier](/spk/CCollier1.jpg)
Editor-at-Large, Smart Cities Connect Media & Research
![Scott Conn](/spk/SConn.jpg)
Chief Information Officer, City of Mesa, AZ
![Jason Cooley](/spk/JCooley.jpg)
Executive Director, Allen Community Development Corporation, City of Allen, TX
![Magdalena Cortinas](/spk/MCortinas.jpg)
Customer Success Manager, CITYDATA.ai
![Nicole Coughlin](/spk/NCRaimundo.jpg)
Information Technology, Chief Information Officer, Town of Cary, NC
![Chris Danforth](/spk/CDanforth.jpg)
Smart Technologies Manager, Outdoor Lighting, Duke Energy
![Lee Davenport](/spk/LDavenport.jpg)
Director, Community Development, US Ignite
![Robert Davies](/spk/RDavies.jpg)
Chief Executive Officer, Stealth-ISS Group, Inc.
![Dasha Deckwerth](/spk/DDeckwerth.jpg)
CISO & President, Stealth-ISS Group, Inc.
![Chris Diacov](/spk/CDiacov.jpg)
Cofounder and CTO, ActiVideo
![Lee Ann Dietz](/spk/LDietz.jpg)
Director for Global Public Sector Marketing, SAS
![Rick Dietz](/spk/RDietz.jpg)
CIO and Director, Department of Information & Technology Services (ITS), City of Bloomington, IN
![Amanda Dixon](/spk/ADixon.jpg)
Sr Business Growth Mgr, Itron
![Tim Dubois](/spk/TDubois.jpg)
Chief Information Officer, City of Kalamazoo
![Gregg Eaton](/spk/GEaton.jpg)
Southeast Regional Sales Manager, Siemens Industry Inc. - Smart Infrastructure
![Tyson Echentile](/spk/TEchentile.jpg)
Global Manager, IoT Partner and Business Development, IoT Division, SAS
![Jumbi Edulbehram](/spk/JEdulbehram.jpg)
Global Business Development Director, Smart Cities and Spaces, NVIDIA
![Elie El Khoury](/spk/EEKhoury.jpg)
Business Development Manager, Upciti
![Joy Ennis](/spk/JEnnis.jpg)
Downtown Park General Manager, Town of Cary, NC
![Richard Erb](/spk/RErb.jpg)
Executive Director, TechConnect Division, Advanced Technology International (ATI)
![Emily Evans](/spk/EEvans.jpg)
Sr. Prize Lead, American-Made Program, National Renewal Energy Lab (NREL)
![Fritz Feiten](/spk/FFeiten.jpg)
National Smart Streetlighting Consultant, Ameresco
![Andrew Felbinger](/spk/AFelbinger.jpg)
Principal, Urban Innovation Fund
![Tania Flasck](/spk/TFlasck.jpg)
Director of Market Development, Utilities, Sand Technologies
![Rosa Fleming](/spk/RFleming.jpg)
Director - Tourism, Conventions and Events, City of Dallas, TX
![Chris Foreman](/spk/CForeman.jpg)
CEO, Marketplace.city
![Olivia Gachoud](/spk/OGachoud.jpg)
Head of Science Office, Embassy of Switzerland in the United States of America
![Beatriz Gago](/spk/BGago.jpg)
Smart Cities & Mobility Sales Specialist, SONDA USA
![Right Hon Yvonne Gamble](/spk/YGamble.jpg)
CEO, SanPete Financial Group
![Ben Gardner](/spk/BGardner.jpg)
President, Northeast Group
![Brad Gates](/spk/BGates.jpg)
Manager of Electric Construction and Maintenance, Memphis Gas Light and Water (MLGW)
![Genesis Gavino](/spk/GGavino.jpg)
Chief of Staff, City of Dallas, TX
![Stephen Goldsmith](/spk/SGoldsmith.jpg)
Former Mayor of Indianapolis, IN and Professor, Harvard University
![Sarah Gomach](/spk/SGouache.jpg)
Sr. Prize Leader, NREL
![Trent Goodin](/spk/TGoodin.jpg)
Creative Director, Orlando Economic Partnership
![David Graham](/spk/DGraham.jpg)
Chief Innovation Officer, City of Carlsbad, CA
![Andrew Gray](/spk/AGray.jpg)
Sr. Manager, Transit Mobile Specialist
![Kasey Gridley](/spk/KGridley.jpg)
Manager, Solutions Development, Duke Energy
![Mike Grigsby](/spk/MGrigsby.jpg)
Director of Business Development, Ubicquia, Inc
![Katie Gwathmey](/spk/KGwathmey.jpg)
Sr Director, Smart Cities Team, Rubicon
![Lynette Hall](/spk/LHall.jpg)
Community Engagement Manager, City of Sacramento , CA
![Michael Hancock](/spk/MHancock1.jpg)
Former Mayor, Denver, CO
![Ali Asad Hasan](/spk/AAHasan.jpg)
BDM–Industry Solutions, Public Sector, Amazon Web Services
![Jim Haskins](/spk/JHaskins.jpg)
Director of Community Engagement, Open Sustainability Collaborative
![Misato Hattori](/spk/MHattori.jpg)
Senior Business Development Manager, NEC America
![Andrew Hayhurst](/spk/AHayhurst.jpg)
Senior Manager of Innovation, City of Pittsburgh
![Aidan Helmbold](/spk/AHelmbold.jpg)
Innovation Director, Sand Technologies, South Africa
![Paul Hoekstra](/spk/PHoekstra.jpg)
Mobility BU Director U.S.A., TNL Mobility Inc.
![John Holden](/spk/JHolden.jpg)
Smart City Manager, City of Raleigh
![Michelle James](/spk/MJames.jpg)
VP of Strategic Industry Programs, CTIA
![Sadia Janjua](/spk/SJanjua.jpg)
Chief of Digital Transformation Program & Project Controls, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
![Steve Johnston](/spk/SJohnson.jpg)
CEO, MindfulTech Institute, Canada
![Elise Kalstad](/spk/EKalstad.jpg)
Affordable Seattle Program Manager, City of Seattle, WA
![Andy Kane](/spk/AKane.jpg)
Principal Business Development Manager, Industry Products, Amazon Web Services
![Daniel Kauffman](/spk/DKauffman.jpg)
President & CEO, Enpira Inc.
![Arek Kempinski](/spk/AKempinski.jpg)
IoT Network Architect, Town of Cary, NC
![Melinda King](/spk/MKing.jpg)
Assistant Public Services Director, City of High Point, NC
![Matt Landin](/spk/MLandin.jpg)
Assistant Vice President - Energy Portfolio, New York City Economic Development Corporation
![Teresa Lange](/spk/TLange1.jpg)
Consultant, Social Impact Strategist
![Doug Lape](/spk/DLape.jpg)
Associate Vice Chancellor for Business Services, UNC Charlotte
![Domenick Lasorsa](/spk/DLasorsa.jpg)
Community Innovation Manager, US Ignite
![Matthew Laudon](/spk/MLaudon.jpg)
VP TechConnect, TechConnect Division, ATI
![Brian Lee](/spk/BLee.jpg)
Senior Product Manager, SouthernLinc
![Ashley MacQuarrie](/spk/AMacQuarrie.jpg)
Program Director and Lead Trainer, Communities Speak
![Terry Mahaffey](/spk/TMahaffey.jpg)
Council Member, Apex, NC
![Akshay Malik](/spk/AMalik.jpg)
Smart Cities Director, City of Philadelphia, PA
![Zach Manor](/spk/ZManor.jpg)
Urban Forester, City of Raleigh
![Andrei Marin](/spk/AMarin.jpg)
Technical Sales Manager, Flashnet
![Uma Marques](/spk/UMarques.jpg)
IT Director, County of Roanoke, Virginia
![Teddy Martinez](/spk/TMartinez.jpg)
Senior Manager of Research, San Diego Regional EDC
![Christopher Mazzarella](/spk/CMazzarella.jpg)
CIO, Information Technology, City of Tucson, AZ
![Rasheed McCallum](/spk/RMcCallum.jpg)
Energy Resource Manager, City of Miramar, FL
![Scott McCarley](/spk/SMcCarley.jpg)
Director of Marketing, Public Systems & Services, Signify
![Heather McDougall](/spk/HMcDougall.jpg)
Sr Manager Strategy & Innovation, City of Raleigh, NC
![Harry Meier](/spk/HMeier.jpg)
Deputy CIO of Innovation, City of Mesa, AZ
![Feroz Merchhiya](/spk/FMerchhiya.jpg)
CIO/CISO, City of Glendale, AZ
![Richard Miesemer](/spk/RMiesemer.jpg)
Senior IT Consultant, Parsons
![Jennifer Morgan](/spk/JMorgan.jpg)
Virginia Program Lead, RIoT
![Greg Moya](/spk/GMoya.jpg)
CTO, Dell Technologies
![Rachel Mukai Stark](/spk/RStark.jpg)
Smart Cities Program Manager, City of Charlotte, NC
![Sandeep Mukunda](/spk/SMukunda.jpg)
Research Manager, Smart, Sustainable Mobility and Transportation Strategies, IDC
![Sarah Nicoll](/spk/SNicoll.jpg)
Co-Founder & CSO, CivStart
![Carl Nielson](/spk/CNielson.jpg)
Head of North America & Europe, CITYDATA.ai
![Thomas Nisbet](/spk/TNisbet.jpg)
Associate Partner, AI and Analytics, State and Local Government, IBM Consulting
![Charlie Nobles](/spk/CNobles.jpg)
VP of Business Development, Smart Grid, Ubicquia
![Teri Nolan](/spk/TNolan.jpg)
Sr. Business Growth Manager, EV-Distributed Energy Resources, Itron
![Billy Noojin](/spk/BNoojin.jpg)
Global Manager, Smart City Competency Program, AWS
![Heidi Norman](/spk/HNorman1.jpg)
CIO and Director, Innovation & Performance, City of Pittsburgh
![Adam Oates](/spk/AOates.jpg)
Chief Information Officer (CIO), Town of Wake Forest, NC
![Ibrahim Odeh](/spk/IOdeh.jpg)
Founding Director, Global Leaders in Construction Management (GLCM) - Columbia University
![Tiago Oliveira](/spk/TOliveira.jpg)
Product Architect, Amazon Web Services
![Curt Ostrodka](/spk/COstrodka.jpg)
Director of Smart Communities, VHB
![Larry Paulhus](/spk/LPaulhus.jpg)
Senior Consultant, Patrick Engineering Inc.
![Tucker Perkins](/spk/TPerkins.jpg)
President and CEO, Propane Education & Research Council (PERC)
![Karoline Pershell](/spk/KPershell.jpg)
Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Director of Strategy and Evaluation, SRT Labs
![Stephen Piper](/spk/SPiper.jpg)
Lead Client Partner, State of Rhode Island, IBM Consulting
![Linda Poissant](/spk/LPoissant.jpg)
CDOT Utility Right-of-Way Supervisor, City of Charlotte, NC
![Gregory Power](/spk/GPower.jpg)
Data Scientist, Town of Cary, NC
![Simmi Prasad](/spk/SPrasad.jpg)
Advisor, Varidx
![Kendal Prosack](/spk/KProsack.jpg)
Local Policy and Community Affairs Manager, Wing
![Srinivas Pulugurtha](/spk/SPulugurtha.jpg)
Professor and Research Director of Civil & Environmental Engineering, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
![Bala Rajaraman](/spk/BRajaraman.jpg)
Fellow, IBM
![Rick Ralph](/spk/RRalph1.jpg)
CIO, Town of Morrisville, NC
![Regina Ramazzini](/spk/RRamazzini.jpg)
Community & Partnership Director, TechConnect Division, Advanced Technology International (ATI)
![Abel Ramirez](/spk/ARamirez.jpg)
Business Solutions Architect, Cisco
![Juan Pablo Ramos Monzón](/spk/JMonzon.jpg)
Director and founder, CityEs!, Mexico
![Bryan Reardon](/spk/BReardon.jpg)
Infrastructure Executive, Siemens Industry, Inc.
![Adam Reiser](/spk/AReiser.jpg)
Sales Director, Opendatasoft
![John Richardson](/spk/JRichardson.jpg)
Community Sustainability Manager, Chapel Hill, NC
![Stacey Richardson](/spk/SRichardson.jpg)
Director, Transit Account Executive, and Program Manager, CapTech
![Natalie Richmond](/spk/NRichmond.jpg)
Assistant Director of Procurement, City of Miramar, FL
![Maurizio Rinaldi](/spk/MRinaldi.jpg)
CEO, SONDA
![Dave Rios](/spk/DRios.jpg)
Defense Technical Information Center and Information Analysis Centers Field Advisor imbedded with US Central Command, Cloud Lake Technology, LLC
![Jennifer Robinson](/spk/JRobinson.jpg)
Global Public Sector Strategic Advisor, SAS
![Mike Robinson](/spk/MRobinson.jpg)
Senior Principal Engineer, The MITRE Corporation
![Gregory Rocco](/spk/GRocco.jpg)
Co-founder, SpruceID
![Jennifer Rocha](/spk/JRocha.jpg)
Vice President-Strategic Partnerships, TechConnect Division, Advanced Technology International (ATI)
![Raimundo Rodulfo](/spk/RRodulfo.jpg)
Director of Innovation and Technology / Chief Innovation Officer, City of Coral Gables, FL
![Madi Rogers](/spk/MRogers.jpg)
Director of Civic Innovation, City of South Bend, IN
![Ross Roley](/spk/RRoley.jpg)
Cyber Innovation Lead, Battelle in Support of U.S. Indo Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM)
![Carolyn Roman](/spk/CRoman.jpg)
311 Assistant Director, Town of Cary, NC
![Alessandro Rotta Loria](/spk/ARottaLoria.jpg)
Scientist and Engineer | Assistant Professor, Northwestern University
![Emily Royall](/spk/ERoyall.jpg)
Smart City Administrator, City of San Antonio, TX
![Soheil Sabri](/spk/SSabara.jpg)
Assistant Professor and Director of Urban Digital Twin Lab, at the School of Modeling Simulation, and Training, University of Central Florida
![Amit Sachan](/spk/ASachan.jpg)
Sr. Project Director, Infrastructure Solutions, AtkinsRéalis
![Katy Salamati](/spk/KSalamati.jpg)
Global Principal Industry Consultant – IoT, SAS
![Georgina Sanchez](/spk/GSanchez.jpg)
Research Scholar, Center for Geospatial Analytics - NC State University
![Jennifer Sanders](/spk/JSanders.jpg)
Executive Director, North Texas Innovation Alliance (NTXIA)
![Michael Sarasti](/spk/MSarasti.jpg)
Urban Innovation Fellow/Founder, Lab22c/Tigerbrook
![Mark Sargent](/spk/MSargent.jpg)
VP, Certification, CTIA
![Quazi Sayeed](/spk/QSayeed.jpg)
Manager, Strategic Operations, Utilities and IIOT, Verizon
![Aleksandra Scalco](/spk/AScalco.jpg)
Engineer, Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic
![Richard Scalco](/spk/RScalco.jpg)
Senior Cyber Engineer, Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic
![Marcus Scheiber](/spk/MScheiber.jpg)
CEO, MS.GIS Inc.
![Sarah Searcy](/spk/SSearcy.jpg)
Advisor for Innovation Integrated Mobility Division (IMD), North Carolina Department of Transportation
![William Serratore](/spk/WSerratore.jpg)
Sustainability Development Director, Mayors Office, City of Yonkers, NY
![Justin Sherwood](/spk/JSherwood.jpg)
Deputy CIO, Town of Cary, NC
![Brian Shuford](/spk/BShuford.jpg)
Vice President of Sales, BusPas
![Tom Sibrizzi](/spk/TSibrizzi.jpg)
Enterprise Account Executive, NWN Carousel
![Aaron Simkin](/spk/ASimkin.jpg)
VP Strategic Partnerships & Alliances, Quantela
![Michelle Snider](/spk/MSnider.jpg)
Senior Data Scientist, SRT Labs
![Tom Snyder](/spk/TSnyder.jpg)
Executive Director, RIoT
![David Spencer](/spk/DSpencer.jpg)
Traffic Engineering Supervisor, Town of Cary, NC
![Gretchen Stewart](/spk/GStewart.jpg)
Principal Engineer & Chief Data Scientist, Intel Corporation
![John Stryjewski](/spk/JStryjewski.jpg)
Theoretical Physics and CTO, X-lumin
![Michael Suarez](/spk/MSuarez.jpg)
Marketing Communications Specialist, TechConnect Division, Advanced Technology International (ATI)
![Zev Suissa](/spk/ZSuissa.jpg)
Chief Growth Officer, X-lumin
![Tyler Svitak](/spk/TSvitak.jpg)
Executive Director, Colorado Smart Cities Alliance
![Carlos Tamayo](/spk/CTamayo1.jpg)
Smart Cities SME, SONDA
![Lauren Tarin](/spk/LTarin.jpg)
Smart Cities Specialist, City of San Antonio, TX
![Iffat Tariq](/spk/ITariq.jpg)
Chief Digital Officer, I&I Software, Inc.
![Rebecca Tate](/spk/RTate.jpg)
Research & Innovation Manager, Denver International Airport (DEN)
![Kevin Taylor](/spk/KTaylor.jpg)
Area Sales Manager, US Southeast, Axis Communications
![Matthew Thompson](/spk/MThompson.jpg)
Sr VP and General Manager Public Sector, Socure
![Jen Tifft](/spk/JTifft.jpg)
Director of Strategic Initiatives, City of Syracuse
![Jason Tyre](/spk/JTyre.jpg)
Smart Cities Business Development Manager, Milestone Systems
![Heiko Udluft](/spk/HUdluft.jpg)
CTO, Divirod Inc.
![Geoffrey Urbach](/spk/GUrbach.jpg)
Smart Cities Senior Manager, City of San Antonio, TX
![Peter van Oorschot](/spk/PVanOorschot.jpg)
Director - North America, TNO
![Karen Vega](/spk/KVega.jpg)
VP Americas, FIWARE Foundation
![Bart Vuijk](/spk/BVuijk.jpg)
Innovation Partnership Manager, TNO, Netherlands
![Howard Waldie](/spk/HWaldie.jpg)
Chief Innovation Officer, City of Myrtle Beach, SC
![Andrew Watkins](/spk/AWatkins.jpg)
President and COO, Marketplace.city
![Mark Wheeler](/spk/MWheeler.jpg)
Founder, Alogra / Former CIO Philadelphia
![Billy Whitehead](/spk/BWhitehead.jpg)
Smart City Program Manager, Town of Morrisville, NC
![Jean-Ellen Willis](/spk/JWillis.jpg)
Director of Transportation & Mobility, City of Dublin, OH
![Katie Witherspoon](/spk/KWitherspoon.jpg)
Curbside Management & Shared Mobility Section Manager, City of Charlotte, NC
![Mark Wittenburg](/spk/MWittenburg.jpg)
Chief Information Officer, City of Raleigh, NC
![Deb Wojcik](/spk/DWojcik.jpg)
Executive Director, Research Triangle Cleantech Cluster
![Emily Yates](/spk/EYates.jpg)
Chief Innovation Officer, SEPTA (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority)
![Ruthbea Yesner](/spk/RYesner.jpg)
Vice President, Government Insights and Smart Cities, IDC Government Insights