Nick Kittle Email & Phone Number

Littleton, CO, US

Centennial, Colorado, US

Sustainovation is the definitive guide on building sustained innovation in government for your community. Since launching in 2017, Nick has keynoted, trained, consulted or facilitated in over 100 communities across the country, inspiring audiences to get wildly creative, learn how to make their ideas a reality, and build their "Team Us". As the community.

Dubuque, Iowa, US

I work with government teams across the country on performance and innovation. I believe high-performing governments have a culture that creates and supports effective and innovative teams to develop efficient processes that produce measurable, actionable results. I believe high-performing government is transparent, accountable and engaged with its.

Brighton, CO, US

• Led the organizational efforts for innovation, performance measurement, business solutions, sustainability, and employee training and development. A sample of programs includes:
• Co-developed "Impact Adams" training and development program, winning the 2017 "Outstanding Achievement in Local Government" award from the Alliance for Innovation. Increased employee attendance by 65%, facilitated.
• First agency in Colorado to implement Socrata's performance management system, creating a citizen-friendly visual dashboard for publicly tracking progress on 36 of the county's key goals and targets.
• Oversaw the high-performing "Business Solutions" team responsible for implementation of Accela and Cartegraph applications--winning the 2015 Excellence in Operations Management award.
• First county in the country to implement BuildingEye, creating an interactive, easy-to-use visualization for residents to learn more about planning, zoning and building efforts across the county.
• Co-developed Greenfiti, TryLingual, Fitbitters and Steal the Styrofoam programs, pushing the envelope of traditional thinking to enhance citizen quality of life.

Brighton, CO, US

• Established performance management metrics for the organization and improves accountability to the citizens, contributed to, led and formalized the innovation efforts of the organization, and improved Adams County's.
• Became one of the first counties in the nation to participate in a community solar garden, putting 7 facilities on solar at no up-front cost to the county, with a $301,000 projected utility savings over 20 years.
• Converted accounting “cost centers” in JD Edwards to “divisions”, “departments” and “senior leadership” levels for rolled up financial reporting, allowing managers to see high-level budget and financial data in an.
• Performed in-depth operational and financial assessments on the Clerk and Recorder’s office, Animal Shelter and Coroner’s Office. Recommendations reduced citizen wait times by over 40% while improving staff.
• Developed and deployed county's first open-source, automated app (@CutePetsAdamsCo) with the goal of increasing adoption rates and visibility for animal shelter pets through Twitter.
• Held first ever “Supply-O-Grab” event, reusing $12,000 worth of office supplies.

I LIVED MY LIFE. I took 9 months in 2013-2014 to focus on life. I climbed Pikes Peak. I jumped out of a plane. I grew closer to my daughter in immeasurable ways. I hiked the incline 7 times to a personal best of less than 39 minutes. I did my first art show and sold 4 pieces. I did my second art show. I did my third art show. I sold my art to a local card.

The challenge is implied in the title--and we were up to the task. We created Sustainovation, and helped great people do great things. Our goal was to promote the spirit of innovation and sustainability in the City of Colorado Springs and encourage the financial and environmental sustainability of the community by ensuring that innovations support our.

Team leader for Transit, Fleet, Streets, Stormwater, Engineering, Traffic and Sustainability functions for the City of Colorado Springs. Managed 400 employees providing diverse operational functions and customer service for a population of 400,000 people living across a 200-square mile city--the largest in Colorado. Oversee and direct a budget with over 30.

• Co-developed, conceptualized, researched, designed and marketed web-based EasySubmittals system, an online construction solution designed to replace the paper submittal approval process with a more efficient electronic.
• Reduced approval time on submittals from 7 weeks to less than one, saving millions on construction costs and reducing millions of tons of CO2 from reduced shipping
• Sold, marketed and promoted EasySubmittals system to diverse customer base, including architects, engineers, general contractors and project owners such as the State of Missouri
• Managed business to annual profit by point of sale to rival firm

London, England, GB

Mba, Business, Finance, Entreprenuerism

Bsim, Industrial Management, Industrial Engineering, Business