Hardik Bhatt

Hardik Bhatt serves as the Chief Executive Officer of SDI Presence LLC. Hardik has traversed across Public and Private sectors seamlessly in various leadership roles. He has been the CIO and Secretary of the Department of Innovation and Technology for the State of Illinois (2015-17) and City of Chicago (2006-2010). Between those two CIO stints, he led Global BD for Cisco’s Smart Cities and Internet of Everything (IoE) business, working with customers across 19 different countries. Prior to joining SDI, Hardik led AWS’s public sector startup business, launching startup accelerators and incubators globally. He built and ran AWS’s Digital Government and Transportation verticals for US SLG.

Hardik is a board director for Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, the country’s leading Deep Physics research lab. Hardik serves as the board member for World Business Chicago and is a member of the Hyde Park Angel investors, the Economic Club and the Commercial Club of Chicago.