Ken MacPherson City Council Bio:
2022 Ken MacPherson grew up in the Warren area a short distance away from his current residence and has represented the citizens of Warren’s 5th Ward as Councilman on the SouthEast side from 2018-2021. Ken was elected city-wide Council-At-Large in 2021 and loves the richness, demographic diversity, backbone, and historical charm that the City of Warren has to offer. Ken has a successful career of helping organizations fix and improve institutional processes, his main goal is to modernize and implement technology initiatives across the Ward and City to improve the communication and delivery of critical services to the citizens.
Mr. MacPherson’s diverse experience in business, technology, science, community service, and farming, provide a unique perspective to help guide the City of Warren into the future. Mr. MacPherson has a lifetime experience in advanced technology, software development, and business startups.
EXPERIENCE: 1. Member of Warren’s Community Development Board (2 years)
2. Consultant to State of Oregon ACA HealthCare Website
3. Consultant to City of Austin, TX – Citizen Portal
4. Consultant to US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Food Safety Portal
5. Consultant to US Depart of Transportation (DoT) Citizens portal
6. Created the City of Cleveland Community Portal
7. Consultant for Suez Canal Water & Sewage System engineering
8. Consultant to GM, McDonalds, and numerous fortune 500 companies
9. Traveled and visited 100s of cities around the World
10. Advisor to Youngstown Oakhill Collaborative (technology outreach)
11. Wife & I manage the Lena Mason Christian Memorial fund to help children
12. Member of UN International Standards Committee (OASIS)
13. Rotary International – Paul Harris Fellow
14. Boy Scouts of America - Eagle Scout
15. Certificate Ohio SERB on Public Sector Fact Finding
16. Engineering & Technology Degree – Case Western Reserve University
Any resident of the City of Warren is welcomed to contact Mr MacPherson via email, tweet, call, SMS, or morse code with your ideas, issues, concerns, questions, or complaints.
Email: ken@KenMacPherson.com
Phone: (330) 219-3564
Website: http://kenmacpherson.com/
Twitter: @kenmacpherson
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenmacpherson/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kmacpher
City of Warren Annexation Policy
https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/warren/latest/warren_oh/0-0-0-13282
City of Salem annexation policy.
https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/salem/latest/salem_oh/0-0-0-16413
Article: Annexation and Mayor Sensenbrenner. The Story of How Columbus Grew to be the Largest City in Ohio. By Alexander Tebbens.
https://teachingcleveland.org/annexation-and-mayor-sensenbrenner-the-story-of-how-columbus-grew-to-be-the-largest-city-in-ohio-by-alexander-tebbens/
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