Abhi Nemani

• Integrate and develop Euna’s portfolio of purpose-built SaaS solutions — budget, procurement, grants, permits, payments, and K12 — to modernize public finance and administration for over 3,000 local governments, managing over $300B in public funds and delivering over $25B in funding to state and local governments every year.
• Engage with government leaders to understand the challenges unique for public servants, and collaborate with Euna's design and engineering teams to build intuitive products that work.
• Lead industry analysis, market leadership, and go-to-market strategy across the product suite to grow both reach and usage, expanding and deepening impact.
• Explore innovative approaches with Euna's industry partners to create more value for the public sector through new technologies, collaboration, and partnerships.
• Spearhead business intelligence and data analytics across the organization for better products and better decision-making — for Euna and for its government customers.

• Built and managed a portfolio of internationally recognized government technology (GovTech) startups, including SPIDRTech (acquired), CityGrows (acquired), GovDelivery (acquired), ZenCity, POLCO, HeyGov, and Camino (acquired).
• Drove growth for portfolio growth through product, go-to-market, and sales expertise, leveraging a global network of hundreds of senior government leaders to uncover unique product-market fit and scale. Ethos' companies now serve over 5,000 local governments and over 500M people worldwide.
• Developed mergers & acquisition strategy for Private Equity firms (ONEX Partners and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe), advised philanthropy (Knight Foundation & Arnold Ventures) on grantmaking and metrics/analytics, and consult corporates on enterprise growth on deals ranging from $5M to $2B.
• Advised senior government officials (e.g., New Jersey Attorney General & Governor of California) and non-profits to create and implement innovation strategies for economic development, talent recruitment, and IT modernization.

• Developed and taught first-of-its-kind course on Civic Technology for flagship Masters in Computational Analysis and Public Policy MS-CAPP) program at the Harris School for Public Policy.

• Developed and launched the city's landmark $10M Innovation and Growth Fund (IGF) to promote entrepreneurship and innovation, which was approved the by city council unanimously.
• Created and administered a $1M grant program—Rapid Acceleration, Innovation, and Leadership in Sacramento (RAILS)—to support local startups enablers, receiving 140 applications, totaling over $17M in grant requests.
• Led first-of-its-kind investment from a municipal government in a national venture capital fund and program (500 Startups), making the city an LP and encouraging startup relocation to Sacramento.
• Built the Mayor's Office for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, recruited permanent staff (including permanent CIO) and the Mayor's Tech Council of local leaders, and codified policies and budget through City Council.

• Led Los Angeles to #1 ranking for US Open Data cities in under one year, by publishing over 400 datasets; earned the Platinum Open Data Certification from international data consortium, WCCD.
• Built Mayoral Dashboard, which was used regularly by the Mayor and Senior Staff to increase performance and accountability. The dashboard saved the city over $180K, was featured at the U.S. Conference of Mayors, and has been freely reused by other cities.
• Set up first-of-its-kind city data GeoHub (GIS) to share over 1,000 geospatial datasets more easily internally and externally, and deployed various critical applications atop this platform. The public-private partnership with Esri for the GeoHub became an international model for open GIS.
• Mobilized the local volunteer community to include 10K+ members that host monthly events and app competitions focused on sustainable innovation; ran the largest civic hackathon in the country.
• Supported multiple departments—e.g. Personnel and Fire—in digital transformations through training and consultations to enhance citizen experience and reduce costs; earned LA the ranking of #1 Digital City.

• Built, launched, and ran an award-winning technology non-profit designed to transform local governments, leading product, growth, and analytics, which grew to work with hundreds of cities and became a model for the public sector innovation around the globe.
• Created a groundbreaking technology fellowship program for local governments, creating dozens of new tech solutions and roles in cities, a international volunteer network — the “Brigade” — with dozens of chapters and over 10,000 members, and CfA’s policy portfolio with a focus on criminal justice reform and access to the social safety net.
• Spearheaded development of a first-of-its-kind GovTech Accelerator to drive product growth, sustainability, and scale through SaaS methodologies and capital investments. The CfA incubator produced 4 companies — OpenCounter, NextRequest, Textizen, and Remix—which all made successful exits, and CfA Accelerator alumni include ArchiveSocial (acquired), Captricity (acquired), and Aunt Bertha (Series D; EV $100M+).
• Implemented sales and fundraising strategy for a $15M+ budget, including foundation engagement, corporate sponsorship, and individual philanthropy. Managed and grew multi-million dollar grant relationships with Omidyar Network, Google.org, and other major national foundations, along with dozens of government contracts.
• Led communications, press relations, and marketing, generating coverage in the New York Times The Atlantic, and Fast Company., garnering internatinoal attention, and launched global growth strategy by building sister NGO, "Code for All" with partners including the World Bank.
• Chaired Code for America Summit, the premier gathering of ~1,000 civic innovators from around the world, leading strategy, editorial, and design, growing attendance 275% and revenue 150%.

• Mentor of the Year, University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy
• Top 10 CDOs to Watch, Technical.ly
• Blair Award for State and Local Government

• Dashboards: The Underbelly of the Smart City | University of Missouri Kansas City Law Review (Spring 2017)
• Beyond Transparency (Book / Editor & Publisher) | Code for America Press (June 2012)
• GIS Hub Vision | ArcNews (April 2015)

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