27 Facts About Ron Huberman

Ron Huberman started as a beat cop, advancing to Assistant Deputy Superintendent, where he created one of the country's most advanced policing technology systems, including community-based strategies to help decrease crime on the streets.

Ron Huberman is the former chief executive officer and superintendent of Chicago Public Schools.

Ron Huberman was initially assigned as a patrol officer in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood, and served as a bicycle officer and as a tactical gang team officer.

In partnership with the Illinois State Police, Ron Huberman created and implemented the department's Citizen and Law Enforcement Analysis and Reporting system, a unique and progressive technology-based criminal data and intelligence gathering system.

In 1995, Ron Huberman was promoted to Assistant Deputy Superintendent, becoming one of the youngest officers to reach exempt rank in the history of the Chicago Police Department.

Ron Huberman pioneered a pilot program for the installation and use of Police Observation Devices, known as "blue-light cameras,"which gave the department a powerful new technological surveillance tool in its crime-fighting arsenal.

Ron Huberman initiated the city's Traffic Management Authority, replacing sworn officers with civilian employees to manage high-traffic areas, thereby freeing needed police resources for law enforcement duties.

Ron Huberman supplemented the Traffic Management Authority with additional programs aimed at relieving congestion on busy urban streets, such as a "quick-tow" system, street sensors, smart signal timing and message boards.

Ron Huberman quickly instituted a hiring freeze while implementing new screening policies to prevent applicants from using political clout to get city jobs.

Ron Huberman removed seemingly entrenched senior staff who failed to measure up to the standards required in securing and maintaining the public's trust.

Ron Huberman implemented a performance management system for each of the city's 49 departments and agencies.

Similar to the New York City Police Department's COMPSTAT system, Ron Huberman conducted weekly sessions that required each department to report on their key metrics.

Ron Huberman addressed customer communication, oversaw investment in new rail-car and bus technology, and brought his Performance Management process to the agency.

Ron Huberman mothballed a project that was running $100 million over budget, negotiated new labor contracts that saved the system more than $100 million and improved operations by significantly reducing "Slow Zones" on the system's rail lines, the "L", while increasing ridership.

Ron Huberman oversaw negotiations for long-term agreements with the CTA's 21 collective bargaining units which included pension and health care savings.

Ron Huberman spelled out these priorities in a speech to the City Club of Chicago, avenue at which civic leaders gather once a month to hear from top figures in government, politics or business.

An advocate of year-round education, Ron Huberman greatly expanded the number of schools that followed the district's "Track E" calendar which, among its benefits, helped curtail the traditional summer "learning loss" experienced by many students.

Ron Huberman expanded virtual classrooms for students throughout the school system.

Ron Huberman announced his signature safety and security initiative, which became known as "Culture of Calm," in early September 2009.

Ron Huberman oversaw the end of a long-standing federal consent decree that governed student admissions to its elite selective enrollment schools.

Ron Huberman implemented a system that utilized US Census data to construct socio-economic tiers of communities.

Ron Huberman announced that he would resign as the CPS Chief Executive Officer on October 6,2010.

Ron Huberman said his decision was driven by the earlier announcement by Mayor Daley that he would not seek re-election in 2011.

Ron Huberman stepped down from the CEO post prior to the end of 2010.

Ron Huberman was succeeded as CEO on an interim basis by Terry Mazany, president of the Chicago Community Trust.

In January 2011, Ron Huberman joined Prairie Capital, a private equity firm with more than $2 billion under management.

Ron Huberman founded and chairs Teacher Match, a first-of-its-kind company that delivers on-line predictive hiring tools for the elementary and secondary schools and which utilizes a broad range of data sources to build its product.