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Rich is the regional sales manager for the upper Midwestern United States (including NE, IA, IL, WI, MN, SD and ND) and Canada.
He is the former manager of the research and development section of the Office of Emergency Communications in the city of Chicago. In that position, Rich managed all research and development activities at the 9-1-1 and 3-1-1 Centers. The research and development section provided support for administration, police and fire dispatch operations, CAD, electronic maintenance operations, investigations and internal secure communications network personnel. He also served as the APCO Frequency Advisory for Missouri and Northern Illinois.
He has been responsible for the development, implementation, integration, testing and program management for various CAD and communication advancements, including the Multi Agency Radio Interoperability Project (MARIP). He has also served as the project manager for the MARIP and InfraLynx programs. Nowakowski and his project team brought over 350 Public Safety Agencies including local, county, state, federal and military groups the ability to communicate with each other by bridging dissimilar radio systems together. Rich brings 36 years of fire, law enforcement and communications experience to the JPS management team.
Mr. Nowakowski is a recognized speaker on radio interoperability on both a local, state and national level. Rich also serves as a division chief on the Metropolitan Emergency Support Services that provide on site support and rehab for public safety first responders.
Rich currently holds memberships in APCO, NENA, NEMA, IAFC, APWA and the US Chamber of Commerce and serves on many committees including the Homeland Security Committees of the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO) and the US Chamber of Commerce, IAFC Communications Committee and Fire and Life Safety Committee, and APCO International and APCO Canada Commercial Advisory Committees.
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