Jonathan Reichenthal is the Dublin-born Chief Information Officer of the city of Palo Alto, California. But as we discover in this wide-ranging interview, Jonathan had a rich and varied life before he moved to Silicon Valley. He talked to us about hisย past life as a member of Nineties’ Dublin band The Wilde Oscars.ย the evolution of technology, the use of data to build civic engagement, the role of the IoT in cities like Palo Alto and lessons to be learned for his city – and indeed places like Dublin – from how urban spaces worldwide are working with technology and data.
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