City of Coral Gables: Smart City Innovation

GoTo Webinar | Thursday, January 19, 2023 | 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

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Presentation Summary

City of Coral Gables has implemented a robust and resilient smart city technology infrastructure and engineering framework throughout multiple innovation districts that provide hyper-connectivity, visibility, control and automation of city services. These engineering projects and initiatives improve operational efficiencies and quality of life for our community and foster innovation, digital inclusion and economic growth in our region.

Presenter

Raimundo Rodulfo, PE, PMP 
Director of Innovation and Technology | City of Coral Gables

Raimundo Rodulfo started his career in the early 1990s as an engineer in the telecommunications industry, working for Fortune 500 companies such as Bellsouth, Siemens, and NCR in varying capacities. During that time, he also assisted on technology projects for Motorola and Lucent Technologies in Chicago, and Agilent Technologies in Silicon Valley. After 10 years of a successful career in the industry, he joined the City of Coral Gables in 2004 and currently serves as Director of Innovation & Technology and Chief Innovation Officer. He leads strategic planning, oversight and management of citywide IT operations, infrastructure and smart city initiatives. Under his leadership, the City has received numerous awards including first place in the Digital Cities 2018 for cities of up to 75K population, first place in the U.S. Open Cities Index in 2019 and 2020, Smart 50 Award in Urban Infrastructure in 2020, Smart Cities Council Innovation Excellence Award in 2022, IEEE Smart Cities Awards Jury Prize in 2022, and being recognized as one of the 8 Smart Cities to Watch in 2020 by State Tech Magazine and as one of the 12 finalists worldwide in the Gartner Eye on Innovation Awards for government in 2021.

He volunteers as Co-Chair of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Global Communities Technology Consortium (GCTC), as a member of the World Business Angel Investment Forum (WBAF) Miami Board of Directors and the Cities Today Institute (CTI) Leadership Forum, and as an advisory member of international nonprofit professional committees and engineering standard development organizations. He has been a guest speaker at numerous conferences and events, and has also authored multiple research papers, articles, technical book chapters and other publications in the areas of smart cities, engineering and technology.

Rodulfo has received numerous awards and recognition throughout his career. Most recently, he received the Globant Digital Disruptor award and the CyberTrust Pioneer award in 2021, was named to State Tech Magazine's list of 30 State and Local Government IT Influencers Worth a Follow in 2020 and to StateScoop's list of LocalSmart City Executives of the Year in 2022, and received the Key to the City from the Mayor of Coral Gables.

He holds a Master of Science in Engineering Management and a Graduate Certificate in Enterprise Systems from Florida International University, and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from National Polytechnic University. He is a Licensed Professional Engineer (P.E., Florida and National NCEES Record), a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE), a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB), and a certified professional in PCI, HIPAA, Incident Management, Virtualization, SAP, and ITIL.

Professional Development Hours

1 PDH Credit