Brendan Babb, Chief Innovation Officer, talks about how his time as a programmer, researcher, patent holder, and Code for America co-captain impacted his perspective as the CIO of Alaska's largest city.

Highlights: - Patent holder, who's worked with NASA on Mars Rover image compression - Using behavioral insights to recover $500,000 in city revenue by spending $18,000 to test new collections process - "I'll absorb the heat to normalize failure" - Why he hopes someday the city doesn't need a separate innovation team Connect with Brendan on LinkedIn and Twitter