Name: Andy Navarro
Job title: Municipal Relationship Manager
Hometown: West Covina, CA
How long have you been with ViewPoint?: 6 months
Describe yourself in three words: Enthusiastic, Patriotic, Unconventional
Patronus: Irish Wolfhound (according to a random test on the internet)
If you don’t know much about Code for America, you should. The first thing you’ll see on their website homepage is an example of a radical paradigm shift happening in the public sector.
ViewPoint Government Solutions is excited to announce the opening of their new Los Angeles office. This move is a reflection of their continued growth in the govtech field of online permitting as well as the hotbed of forward-thinking governments in California and on the West Coast.
Thanks to all of our customers, partners, and the team at Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL), ViewPoint jumped 32 spots to rank 13th on the most recent list of “Best Vendors Serving Local Government”. We’re incredibly humbled by the recognition and invigorated to continue providing the best product and services for our customers. Who ever said ePermitting software can’t be leading government technology innovation?
Learn about the policy and technology forces driving 21st-century e-government at the 2015 Annual GMIS Conference.
ViewPoint Government Solutions is thrilled to announce that the Capitol Region Council of Governments (CRCOG) in Hartford, Connecticut has signed a contract extension with ViewPoint through 2023. With this agreement CRCOG will continue to offer Connecticut municipalities streamlined procurement of ViewPoint Cloud, the company’s cloud-based permitting, licensing, and code enforcement software. Originally signed in 2009, the extension will usher in almost 15 years of continuous service to Connecticut communities.
Name: Carl Anderson
Job title: Senior Municipal Relationship Manager
Hometown: Sudbury, MA
How long have you been with ViewPoint?: 5+ years
Describe yourself in three words: Logical, Focused, Dedicated
If you could have one superpower, what would it be? Mindreading, so I could really know why my opportunities were lost and not won
We are excited to announce ViewPoint’s place on ELGL’s Choice Awards for the Top 50 Local Government Companies. ViewPoint joins 49 other companies providing local governments with services in software, research, urban planning, civic engagement, and budgeting, among many others. More than 40 awardees (including ViewPoint) are “GovTech” companies, part of a rapidly growing industry of technology companies serving the public sector.
Here are a few of the GovTech companies on ELGL’s list that are helping revolutionize local government:
Today, ViewPoint introduced ViewPoint Cloud, a revolutionary web app that makes it easy and fun for city governments to issue permits and licenses online.
Name: Ashley Jamerson
Job title: Data Engineer
Hometown: Merrillville, IN
How long have you been with ViewPoint?: 4 years
Describe yourself in three words: Independent, Musical, Night Owl
Go-to karaoke song: “All Star” by Smash Mouth
Name: Liz Usherwood
Job title: Customer Success Manager, State of Rhode Island
Hometown: Tampa, FL
How long have you been with ViewPoint?: 1 year!
Describe yourself in three words: Enthusiastic, clumsy, and intellectual
Self-awarded ViewPoint superlative: Most likely to laugh at own joke
Last month, some of our favorite people at ELGL (Engaging Local Government Leaders) reached out to their community to help fund a ‘Diversity Dashboard’ project.
The goal is to “collect quality data about the race, gender, veteran status, and age of local government Chief Administrators (CAOs) and Assistant Chief Administrators (ACAOs) for every local government entity in the United States by December 31st 2017.”
Inspectors across the country largely embraced mobile devices in 2015, conducting almost 40,000 inspections from a tablet in the field on ViewPoint.
As permitting operations increasingly go online, trading in clipboards for tablets is becoming increasingly popular in forward-thinking communities.
We have a brand new office in Boston’s Innovation District! There’s lots of room to grow in this open-concept loft overlooking Fort Point Channel. The space features classic exposed brick and wood-beam ceilings that are common to this historic neighborhood.
