Smart City Development

Posted: June 12th, 2016

By Bridget Karlin

Bridget Karlin is the Managing Director of the Internet of Things (IoT) Strategy and Integrated Products Division at Intel Corporation. She is responsible for Intel's IoT Platform and Product Portfolio Marketing, and for managing the IoT commercialization of partner-branded offerings, leveraging Intel's silicon, software and services that engage Intel's ecosystem of partners to accelerate market adoption. Bridget is a recipient of the Industrial IoT 5G Industrialists and Innovators award, the Malcolm Baldrige Software Quality award, listed in the top Fast 50 Tech CEO's, and recipient of the BellSouth Technology Innovator award.

The Internet of Things is making changes across the spectrum of American life, and now the technology has progressed to a point where it can start changing the way that urban centers operate. Smart cities could radically alter how Americans live and access municipal services in the future. The Cipher Brief asked Bridget Karlin, Managing Director of the Internet of Things (IoT) Strategy at Intel, about the growing importance of networked technology for managing city functions. According to Karlin, IoT technology could make cities much more efficient, but that potential is largely constrained by the focus and buy-in of local and federal governments.

The Cipher Brief: Why is it important to start developing smarter cities? What are the primary benefits that they would provide?

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