Cloud, AI, and the Future of Public Safety: Insights From CentralSquare’s CPO
CentralSquare’s Chief Product Officer, Brian Fugere, is helping public safety agencies and local governments evolve. In this episode of the Executive Guidance podcast, Brian shares how his team is building cloud-native, AI-powered platforms to support emergency response, administration, and citizen services.
CentralSquare’s Chief Product Officer, Brian Fugere, is helping public safety agencies and local governments evolve. In this episode of the Executive Guidance podcast, Brian shares how his team is building cloud-native, AI-powered platforms to support emergency response, administration, and citizen services.
Speakers
This episode’s host, Jeff Gangemi, holds an MBA from Cornell University. He has spent the past 15 years building demand generation, content marketing, and digital programs that drive meaningful transformation and growth for both internal teams and external clients.
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Brian Fugere is a dynamic senior executive with more than 30 years of experience leading product, marketing, and go-to-market strategy across sectors including healthcare, government, and tech. He’s known for driving growth, building high-performing teams, and leading customer-focused innovation in both startups and large enterprises.
How do you design software for 911 dispatchers, city clerks, and police officers all at once? In this episode of the Executive Guidance podcast, Brian Fugere explains how CentralSquare is reimagining the tools that power local government.
From enabling cloud migration in a historically on-premises industry—where software is run on local servers rather than the cloud—to embedding AI into police body cam workflows, Brian shares how his team blends product discipline, customer empathy, and real-world experience to build technology that matters.
Topics explored include:
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Driving cloud adoption in public safety and administration
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Using AI to automate police reports and inspection documentation
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Blending domain expertise with product management discipline
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Building teams with ex-officers, dispatchers, and tech pros
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Prioritizing always-on, mission-critical product design
About the host
Jeff is dedicated to helping clients of all sizes build transformational growth strategies that directly impact revenue. With a background in digital growth consulting with Accenture, Jeff brings expertise across demand generation strategies, content, campaigns, lead and funnel management, operating model design, cost optimization, martech and data, and digital transformation.
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