Cities have many challenges, from vacant office buildings to climate change and affordable housing. Yet, there are urban innovations that can be applied as a means to solve these problems. What are four strategies and steps to successfully launch an urban innovation in 90 days?
These are some of the questions Ernest Chrappah, an experienced government executive and successful entrepreneur with a reputation for finding innovative solutions to complex challenges, discusses.
Chrappah is the former interim Director of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs and confirmed by the D.C. Council on June 4, 2019. Previously, he served as the Director for the Department of For-Hire Vehicles. Chrappah also served as the Deputy Chief Information Officer for the D.C. Child and Family Services Agency where he implemented innovative technology solutions leveraging analytics, mobility, cloud, APIs, and user-oriented design for an 800+ workforce to improve child welfare outcomes. In addition, he created an IT governance framework and project portfolio management system to enhance fiscal management, transparency and accountability.