Public Safety & Disaster Response with AWS

Don Ferguson is Founder and CEO of NGA 911 LLC, a leading innovator in the adoption of Next Generation 9-1-1. Don served as a member of President Barack Obama’s technology and Innovation brainstorming team on modernizing public safety communications.

Darold joins the team with 25 years of service in Public Safety, most recently leading Frontier Communications 9-1-1 sales efforts in California. Darold leads NGA 911 in developing new relationships and nurturing existing ones as we work toward our goal of moving public safety into affordable, effective, streamlined NG9-1-1 services.

With 10 years experience in the industry, Michelle Bland joins NGA 911 as Director of Services. She began her emergency services career as 9-1-1 program manager for the California Highway Patrol, later moving into a role as Procurement Manager for the California Department of Technology.

Ed is an engineering executive with global experience in telecommunications and next generation technologies. At NGA, he is a member of an unparalleled team of industry experts engineering Next Generation 9-1-1 for the Cloud where it belongs.

With over 15 years of experience working with C-Level executives from a diversified group of businesses, Ishka brings strong leadership to the Administrative, HR & Finance Department. In her role with NGA 911, Ishka ensures the organization has a strong foundation to provide best in class service to our emergency responders across the globe.

With an impressive 29 years of industry experience behind him, Mike's wealth of knowledge in public safety technology and infrastructure will be a crucial component in the continued growth of NGA 911. He shares our customer-centric focus, drive, and commitment to leading-edge technology that will bring our public safety customers into the 21st century and beyond.

Candace brings more than 20 years of leadership and sales experience to NGA 911, with core expertise in delivering results across the globe with mission critical technologies. Working from a foundation of successfully cultivating strong relationships, Candace leads the expansion of NGA 911’s sales team and oversee strategic account planning enabling more customers to see for themselves how to leverage Next Generation 9-1-1 technology to meet the needs of their communities.

For nearly 23 years, Barb has held several leadership positions in customer service, network engineering, strategy, operations, external affairs, and most recently, public sector sales, where her team drove business growth innovation through software-defined networking, Fiber, 5G, IoT, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Mobility, IT Professional Services and next-generation 911 services.