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ProfileThe Strategic Technology Collaborative is a group of nationally-recognized professionals and firms with experience in economic development, transportation planning, organization design, urban design, and infrastructure and technology planning and development. Collaborative members come together around specific projects to bring the required experience and knowledge to develop a strategic technology plan or solve a specific problem using a proven consulting methodology. By using this 21st century team approach, the Collaborative avoids the high overhead associated with larger consulting firms to provide world-class expertise at an affordable cost. Project teams can be as small or as large as needed to address the unique needs of your project. Read more about the project team members, review samples of our work, visit our resource library for links to a wide variety of technology plans we know about, or contact us about your specific project.
Charles Kaylor Chief Executive Officer, Public Sphere Information Group Charles has a lengthy background of working with public and private sector clients across the U.S. and internationally. His work focuses on the relationship of technological innovation and development to the well-being, competitiveness and sustainability of public sector organizations and the communities they serve. Over the past four years, the Public Sphere Information Group, which Charles founded in 2001, has worked with clients interested in integrating a vision for technology into their plans. Charles' internationally published research has been at the forefront in assessing and benchmarking the evolution of public sector organizations. For example, PSI Group's Municipality eGovernment Assessment Project (MeGAP) is considered a standard in benchmarking the progress of municipal technological implementation. Charles earned a Bachelor's Degree from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. He also holds a Masters in Political Science from Duke University and a Masters in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Michigan. Scott Page Principal, Interface Studio LLC Educated at the University of Pennsylvania and the Georgia Institute of Technology, Scott has played the lead role in a diverse array of planning and urban design projects including neighborhood revitalization strategies, station area planning, transportation design, downtown revitalization planning, urban housing, and waterfront redevelopment. Through research and practice, Scott's professional focus has been to integrate digital technologies within cities and neighborhoods. In 2001, with Walter Seimbab and Brian Phillips, he won first prize for Orange County's Millenium City design competition. The entry explored the multiple ways that digital technologies can be integrated into the urban fabric, altering land use and patterns of activity. Scott was the project director for the Hudson County Cyberdistrict Feasibility Study completed in 2002 and most recently a comprehensive Technology Strategy for the Asociacion de Puertorriquenos en Marcha Neighborhood in North Philadelphia. For the past five years Scott has been a lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania in the Department of City Planning. He has lectured widely and his articles on the role of technology in community development have been published in internationally distributed journals. Walter Siembab Principal, Siembab Planning Associates Walter Siembab is an expert on applying technology to shape the city of the future. With 30 years experience, he is one of the originators of technology planning as a specialization within the general field of urban/regional planning. Walter began his practice conducting community needs assessments and planning I-Nets in support of municipal cable communications franchising. He has been a policy advisor and educator for the League of California Cities. He has experience in administrative design and served on the start-up team that delivered the new City of West Hollywood. His regional demonstration projects such as the Blue Line TeleVillage and the Telework Facilities Exchange won awards in international competitions. He served as Chief of the Policy and Planning Unit in the Long Range Planning Bureau of the Department of Telecommunications in the City of Los Angeles. He has lectured and published extensively and is a Research Fellow at the Mineta Transportation Institute at San Jose State University. He has degrees in mathematics, urban economics and urban planning from UCLA. Chris Steins Chief Executive Officer, Urban Insight In ten years of providing technology consulting services, Chris Steins has worked with a broad range of clients in government, the private sector, and nonprofit organizations. Chris is the former editor of two Los Angeles-based monthly trade newsmagazines reporting on urban planning, real estate development, environmental regulation, and infrastructure development, and was formerly executive director of a Los Angeles community development corporation which developed affordable multifamily housing. Chris holds certifications from Microsoft, Novell and CompTia. He is a lecturer at the University of Southern California, Chair of the American Planning Association's Information Technology Division, and a member of the executive committee of the Urban Land Institute-Los Angeles. Chris is a graduate of both UCLA and holds a Master's degree in Planning from the USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development. |
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