{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"upside","title":"CC042: Jordan Davis of Smart Columbus // Looking into the future of smart cities (from CES 2020)","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/01a39045\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3823,"description":"Interview starts: 6:24\r\nDebrief starts: 58:09\r\n\r\nJordan Davis is the Director of Smart Columbus for the Columbus Partnership, leading strategy and public-private partnerships for the Central Ohio region’s $550 million smart cities initiative. \r\n\r\nShe was instrumental in Columbus becoming the sole winner of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Smart Cities Challenge in 2016 and since has managed the upstart of a new joint venture for the region focused on realizing a connected, autonomous, shared, and electric transportation ecosystem that improves people’s lives. \r\n\r\nJordan facilitates collaboration between the public and private sector, secures new private investment in the Acceleration Fund, oversees public affairs, and supports the long-term strategy to sustain the Smart Columbus Initiative. Additionally, she oversees an aggressive electric vehicle adoption program, shared mobility growth plan, autonomous vehicle deployment, and a dynamic corporate engagement portfolio.\r\n\r\nWe discuss:\r\n- AD: Finding experienced employees for your new business with Integrity Power Search (4:58)\r\n- \"Smart\" trends currently happening in cities (7:03)\r\n- Initial focus when the grant started (9:16)\r\n- Other forward thinking cities at the time of winning the grant (11:06)\r\n- Why did Columbus win? (14:57)\r\n- Research process (18:50)\r\n- Choosing technology vendors (20:13)\r\n- Evaluating successful adoption (25:08)\r\n- New structural (vs. iterative) changes (27:30)\r\n- EVs in Columbus (31:37)\r\n- Replicable Columbus (36:31)\r\n\r\nLearn more about Smart Columbus: https://smart.columbus.gov/\r\nFollow Jordan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JDLead\r\nFollow upside on Twitter: https://twitter.com/upsidefm\r\nAdvertise with an upside classified: https://upside.fm/classifieds\r\n--\r\n\r\nThis episode is sponsored by Integrity Power Search, the #1 full stack high growth startup recruiting firm between the coasts. They partner with venture capitalists, private equity groups and CEOs to build amazing teams...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/qhlBwGFVyVQpTQUPz91SL_FZ9LxsieuifdWQEs8peZY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzkxLzE2MDU2MzQx/MjktYXJ0d29yay5q/cGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}