Speakers

John Thomas is the Chief Innovation and Performance Officer for DDOT and is managing the Innovation and Performance Administration (IPA),  which drives technological integration across agencies, optimizing business processes and outcomes through advanced data analytics. IPA pioneers the adoption of emerging technologies to propel agencies toward the future while spearheading strategic asset planning initiatives to sustain agency assets. IPA comprises three divisions: Analytics, Asset, and Performance Management (AAPM); Innovation (ID); Strategic Asset Planning (SAP); Fleet Management (FM); Support Service Division (SSD) and Customer Clearing House (CCH). Mr. Thomas has more than 20 years of experience at DDOT managing operations and programs.

Beth Hartman is the Industry Executive for Federal Science and Research on Google Public Sector's Rapid Innovation Team. She brings over 15 years of experience working in energy innovation and research to the team, most recently at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

Prior to the DOE, Beth served as Chief of Staff for the CEO and a Manager on the Electricity and Energy Policy teams at Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), where she supported a variety of initiatives focused on innovation in the energy industry including the eLab Accelerator and several utility projects with ComEd, Duke Energy and others. Before joining RMI Beth spent 4 years at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) working in partnership with the DOE and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to lead the Incubatenergy Network, a community of over 20 clean energy incubators and accelerators that have collectively supported more than 500 startup companies focused on innovative energy solutions.