Bruce Cahan

Business Transformation Innovator, Data Scientist and Financial Technologist with expertise in: - Silicon Valley startup culture - technology finance - statutory framework analysis - information society policy (privacy, security, intellectual property, interoperability, public access to government information, transparent accountability, etc.) - implementation strategy and program development - urban sustainability and resilience Pioneered research in areas such as: - financing the space economy - returns on investment in spatial intelligence infrastructures - environmental monitoring management information systems - urban information systems' interdependencies - federal technology procurement patterns - GASB-34 municipal finance performance benchmarking of "smart cities" - homeland security and "all risk" hazard response modeling using readily available performance benchmarks for modern cities Responder supporting the Emergency Mapping & Data Center for NYC Mayor's Office of Emergency Management's Command Center set up after September 11, 2001 attacks on World Trade Center, providing liaison for City agencies to efficiently mine and align federal, state and private spatial information resources Lawyer with 38 years' experience in banking, corporate finance, real estate, municipal, creditors' rights (bankruptcy) and other transactions. Merchant banker with international experience in multicultural finance and team building. Specialties: - Financing geospatial & urban information services - Making organizations more responsive & resilient in the face of "all-risk" hazards (man-made, natural & mixed) - Representing clients seeking legal services (e.g. socially-responsible enterprises) - Finding & using complex synergies across business, government & nonprofit entities - Researching solutions to sustainability, resiliency and environment challenges Innovating change using government & corporate budget, finance & procurement patterns