Brent Messer
Executive Counselor at Civic Sparks w/ Brent Messer
Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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Top SchoolBrent Messer is an award-winning technology and civic innovation leader with over 25 years of experience driving digital transformation across public, private, and academic sectors. As former CIO of Chattanooga, he led initiatives that turned the city into the globally recognized "Gig City," delivering municipal 25-gigabit broadband and repeated Smart City honors while embedding agile practices into government operations. Now an Executive Counselor at Info-Tech Research Group and host-producer of the Civic Sparks show, he blends strategic advisory work with public-facing storytelling to help other cities modernize services and adopt IoT, broadband, and smart-city solutions. A certified CGCIO and multiple Agile credential holder with an M.S. in Information Systems, Brent pairs academic rigor with practical, award-winning program delivery. Notably, he has been invited to collaborate with the G20 Global Smart Cities Alliance and is regularly sought by media and policymakers for insights on civic tech and remote-work ecosystems.
12 years of coding experience
Post-Bacc Study, Post-Bacc Study at University of California, BerkeleyMaster of Science (M.Sc.), Master of Science (M.Sc.) at Dakota State UniversityGraduate Study, Graduate Study at Florida Institute of TechnologyUniversity of Florida
Github Skills (2)
open-data3
specification1
Github contributions (3)
ttmb1225/Chattanooga-Open-Data-Policy
Mar 2014 - Mar 2014
Contributions:3 commits in 1 day
policyopen-dataspecification
cityofchattanooga/Chattanooga-Open-Data-Executive-Order
Mar 2014 - May 2014
Contributions:6 commits in 1 month
policyopen-dataexecutive
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