Overview

August 26

Emergency communications centers are being overwhelmed by data. Managing all of this data internally is a challenging proposition alone, but even more difficult than that is being able to share specific pieces of mission-critical information in a timely manner in the right format to the right person.

The answer to this common problem is new data interoperability software powered by the cloud. A cloud-based approach can address the particular communications needs of a jurisdiction so that live-saving information can be efficiently put into the hands of emergency responders.

Join Government Technology on August 26 at 11 a.m. Pacific/2 p.m. Eastern for a one-hour discussion on the benefits of cloud-based data inoperability, including:

Savings in time and money.
Improved data security.
The foundation for advanced automation, smart city applications and more.
Increases in efficiency that can help areas struggling with staff shortages.

Speakers

Monica Million

Business Development Manager, 9-1-1, AWS Justice and Public Safety

Monica Million is the 9-1-1 subject matter expert for Amazon Web Service’ (AWS) justice and public safety team. Monica’s experience and commitment to service spans 22 years, beginning with her role as a 9-1-1 public safety telecommunicator. She worked her way up to managing a regional 9-1-1 center, served as the first civilian deputy chief of services for her municipal police department, and concluded her government service as the executive director of the Colorado 9-1-1 Resource Center, serving eighty-six 9-1-1 centers across the state. She is a past president of the National Emergency Number Association (NENA) and a NENA Hall of Fame Award recipient. In her time with NENA, Monica was instrumental in establishing the Collaborative Coalition for International Public Safety. Monica is also the co-founder and co-chair for the Women in 9-1-1 Alliance and for the Collaborative Coalition for International Public Safety.

Karin Marquez

Chief Public Safety Brand Officer, RapidSOS

Karin Marquez is the Chief Public Safety Brand Officer for RapidSOS. She transitioned to the private sector after spending 21 years in 9-1-1 in Colorado. For the last four and a half years at RapidSOS, she has seen an incredible transition in the industry. From struggling with location accuracy to working with a company delivering device-based location and additional data from many consumer devices, we count on every day. Working with emergency communication centers across the US, she has been involved in the rollout and adoption of the RapidSOS platform and helped grow the RapidSOS public safety team. Karin spends her time speaking to various audiences educating, learning, and supporting the various transitions of 9-1-1, from voice to data, and working with the industry to drive 9-1-1 into the future. She currently serves as the Private Sector Director for NENA, the 9-1-1 Association, just another way to serve the industry that means so much to her.

Bryan J. Langley — Moderator

Senior Fellow, Center for Digital Government

Bryan J. Langley serves as the senior vice president of defense development at the Indiana Economic Development Corporation, where he is responsible for developing a strategic plan for long-term state investment in the defense marketspace, with the goal of tripling federal defense investments by December 2024. Bryan served as executive director of the Indiana Department of Homeland Security and the Homeland Security Advisory (HSA) for US DHS. He previously served as global security manager at Columbus-based Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) and as a senior consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton Consulting. He also worked in the White House as the U.S. assistant chief of protocol under the George W. Bush administration.

Webinar

Cloud-Based Data Interoperability: A Game-Changer for Emergency Communications