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Featuring:
- Lisa Kent, Chief Information Officer, City of Houston
- Summer Xiao, Deputy CIO - EAS/PMO, City of Houston
- Jane Wu, Deputy Director - Data Privacy & Business Operations Management, City of Houston
- Bert Quarfordt, Deputy Chief Information Officer (DCIO) - IT Infrastructure, City of Houston
What You’ll Learn:
- How Houston's IT team evolved emergency response protocols through nine federally declared disasters, building bench strength after losing key expertise
- Why pre-positioned contracts and vendor partnerships are critical for rapid emergency deployment without compromising standards or security
- How Hurricane Beryl knocked out power to 350+ city locations serving 2.6 million residents and the specific recovery strategies used
- The "one family approach" that transforms team culture through initiatives like Summer's snack cart and cross-departmental collaboration
- Why cloud-first infrastructure strategies provide essential resilience when local data centers fail during natural disasters
Timestamps
- (03:00) 9 Federal Disasters: Building Emergency Response Bench Strength
- (08:00) Hurricane Beryl: 350+ Locations Lost Power, 2.6M Residents Affected
- (12:00) Tier One Response: From Prep to Recovery Operations
- (17:00) 311 Crisis: Data Center Meltdown During Emergency Response
- (25:00) Keeping 911 Systems Operational When Infrastructure Fails
- (31:00) The "One Family Approach": Crisis Collaboration That Actually Works
- (34:00) Summer Snacks: Building Team Culture Through Food and Connection
- (40:00) AI and Cloud-First: Future-Proofing Against Climate Disasters
- (45:00) Crisis Leadership Lessons for Public Sector CXOs
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