Event: Mass Notification Integration Symposium at Denver’s Empower Field at Mile High

For over 25 years, Jennifer Schwartz has been a noteworthy leader in the public safety communications space. Jennifer has worked in all aspects of public safety communications including contributions to national committees supporting the FCC on the Five Step Action Plan to Improve the Deployment of Next Generation 9-1-1 and directing and managing technology and operations for large public safety answering points in both Arizona and Colorado. Currently, Jennifer is the operations manager for the City and County of Denver Department of Safety, Denver 9-1-1. She also sits on the Board for the State of Colorado 911 Managers, Health and Human Services, and for the International Association of City and County Managers. Jennifer holds a degree in Public Administration with a focus on Community Development from Central Michigan University and she is a student at the University of Arizona Rogers College of Law with a focus on Human Rights Law. She is also a Certified Public Management graduate from Arizona State University and a graduate of the Northwestern University School of Police Staff and Command.

Steve has been serving the public sector market(s) for over 20 years with emphasis on physical security solutions and technologies, strategy, planning and connecting thought leaders for collaboration and best practice. He has been instrumental in the growth of public and private/small and large organizations. His unique leadership style brings together the full suite of companies, colleagues, partners, influencers and stakeholders to collaborate and realize potential. Currently, Steve serves the Western United States with SLED (State, County, City, University, K-12, UL2050 Defense Contractors) vertical market Business Development programs at Convergint – Sales Strategy, Marketing, Resource Alignment, Contract Vehicles, Manufacturer Partnerships and Colleague Collaboration. Steve is a key liaison to the Convergint SLED Team, Advanced Solutions Teams for Public Transportation and Smart Cities, the full array of SLED Team resources for Procurement avenues and Convergint Technology Centers throughout the West. He is called upon for making things happen, getting things done and driving positive energy into the process. Steve holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Elon College in Corporate Communications and has completed studies at the University of Denver in support of Masters in Applied Communications.