Episode 11: 11. City of Philadelphia, Mark Wheeler | A journey from Web2 to Web3

Episode 11: 11. City of Philadelphia, Mark Wheeler | A journey from Web2 to Web3

Mark Wheeler is the Chief Information Officer in the City of Philadelphia. Some of Mark's recent accomplishments are:

  • Ensured continuity of government services during the pandemic guiding business leaders to rapidly shift 32,000 employees to secure remote work operations.
  • Set smart city vision resulting in 20 private-public partnership projects in two years, four national awards
    Set direction for rollout of edge compute AI optical sensors in a Center City business corridor.
  • Launched city’s first Digital Equity Plan, Information Technology Strategic Plan and Smart City Roadmap.
  • Raised $17M in philanthropic funds to setup PHLConnectED program to provide free broadband internet and digital navigator services to over 21,000 households in partnership with Mayor’s Office for Education.
  • Explored utility of blockchain with local Web 3.0 startup leaders on proofs of concept for verifiable credentials and decentralized open data storage with FileCoin.

In this episode we talk about:

  • How Mark became interested in blockchain technology back in 2018.
  • Mark's 18 months of research on how blockchain and web3 could be utilized by local government
  • Verified credentials and the multijurisdictional dilemma
  • Web2.5 vs. Web3
  • State of blockchain and public sector
  • Constituant feedback loop
  • Using data in cities
  • Centralizing data analytics and software development team
  • When to outsource staff and when to use in-house staff

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This podcast was created in partnership with the Urban Change Foundation

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