Ryan Huddleston is the Director of Intelligent Cities for the City of Chattanooga, where he leads the convergence of technology, data, and policy to build sustainable and efficient urban environments. He manages the city's specialized agile infrastructure functions, overseeing both the deployment and management of advanced edge hardware devices across the city, alongside the oversight of numerous technology focused federal grants. Mr. Huddleston brings a robust background in both technical operations and international project management, having previously served as an Application Engineering Team Lead for L3/L4 support and complex system and database management, as well as a Global Strategy Project Manager driving international expansion, retention initiatives, and financial product development across worldwide corporate subsidiaries.