Aaron Otis

Aaron Otis serves as Community Campaign Manager for the Central NY Regional Planning and Development Board, where he plays a pivotal role in advancing regional infrastructure resilience through targeted procurement of technical services. His responsibilities include identifying, soliciting, and managing acquisitions that support municipal sustainability initiatives, broadband expansion, and data-driven land-use planning. Otis primarily handles procurements for engineering analyses, open-access fiber network design, and feasibility studies for public recreation and connectivity projects, aligning acquisitions directly with the agency’s mission to enhance regional equity and infrastructure modernization through empirical planning. While no contractor relationships are currently documented in the system, Otis engages with a broad spectrum of technical service providers, including civil engineers, geographic information systems (GIS) consultants, telecommunications planners, and infrastructure analysts. His procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting and outcome-oriented deliverables, fostering long-term partnerships with firms capable of delivering complex, multi-phase technical solutions under tight regulatory and community engagement constraints. Otis’s contracting activity reflects a strict preference for open competition, with 100% of procurements designated as “No Set-Aside.” This indicates a focus on technical merit and capacity over socioeconomic classifications, though it does not preclude small business participation—vendors of all sizes are evaluated on technical capability, past performance, and alignment with regional development goals. His procurement focus is exclusively centered on NAICS 335999, All Other Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing, which in this context encompasses specialized components for open-access fiber networks, smart grid interfaces, and embedded communication systems integral to regional broadband deployment. This technical domain requires deep expertise in telecommunications infrastructure, signal transmission hardware, and utility-grade networking equipment, positioning Otis as a specialist in procuring mission-critical, non-standard electrical components that enable next-generation regional connectivity.