Biography

Brian Kelley is the Chief Technology Officer for the Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission where he is working on the toll modernization project and future technology on the road – autonomous & connected vehicles, EVs, solar, and smart mobility.

Brian holds a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice and Sociology and a Master Degree in Public Administration from Kent State University. He is a graduate of the Certified Government Chief Information Officer Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Brian teaches public online public administration graduate courses and undergraduate criminal justice courses at Kent State University.

Brian was recognized as one of Government Technology’s Top 25 Doers, Dreamers & Drivers in Public Sector Innovation in 2012 and he received the Ohio Government Finance Officer’s Association Innovation in Public Finance Award in 2011.

Prior to coming to the Ohio Turnpike, he was the Chief Information Officer for Portage County, Ohio, for 27+ years

Description

In 1899 the horse and buggy was the common mode of transportation for most Americans.  On October 1, 1908, the first production Model T Ford was completed and soon there after horses and buggies disappeared from America’s roads. In the 21^st century we will soon be a part of a major transportation paradigm shift with autonomous, connected, electrical vehicles, and unmanned commercial aviation transforming both transportation and our lives.  The combustion engine will soon be a thing of the past and cities will be transformed as parking garages, parking spaces, and gas stations disappear and provide new space for urban redevelopment. This keynote will take you down the road of the future into the city of the future just over the horizon.