As an Urban Planner during the 1970's I worked for the NYC Department of City Planning developed expertise in local area analysis and in the NYC zoning code. I then took an interest in City use of technology, supporting City membership in Public Technology Incorporated (PTI) and helping to introduce microcomputers into City government as the Technology Coordinator for the Mayor's Office. I then moved to the NYC Department of Environmental Protection where I became IT Director and where I coordinated the NYC Enterprise GIS effort. I directed City GIS as Assistant Commissioner and organized the Emergency Mapping and Data Center following 9/11. When I retired from City government I became a Booz Allen Hamilton consultant working on infrastructure protection issues. After leaving Booz I was hired as Director of FCNY's Center for Geospatial Innovation. My current focus is on making infrastructure data interoperable and in improving the way information is used to support disaster and emergency operations. I served as President of the NYS GIS Association and am currently President of NYC GISMO whose membership has just gone above 400.