Business Chief USA October 2019

CITY OF AURORA
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and helping us drive a smart city
strategy. That’s helped us to refine our
mission and our vision for what smart
cities should be for Aurora. For
instance, we’re in the process of
finalizing a purchase of our streetlights,
which would then allow us to expand
on how we use them for our various
smart city initiatives.”
Facilitating change is not just
about putting different technological
initiatives in place and hoping for the
best, however. “Culture is a big part,”
says Jeffress. “Whenever you do
change management, you have to
“THERE’S A LOT OF
GROWTH IN AURORA,
AND WE HAPPEN TO
BE IN THE FORTUNATE
POSITION OF HAVING
LAND, SO OUR
FOOTPRINT CAN
CONTINUE TO EXPAND”
—
Aleta Jeffress,
Chief Information and Digital Officer
OCTOBER 2019