Smart City InFocus 2015: Yinchuan, China

He also holds an International Diploma in Advanced Leadership (IDAL)-Advanced Leadership Program, from the Executive Center for Global Leadership, Jakarta, which is accredited by Erasmus Rotterdam School of Management. He began his career in Telkom Indonesia in December 1993 as a researcher in the area of optical fiber access at Telkom Indonesia’s Research and Development Center for one year. Since then he has held the posts of Vice President for Corporate Strategic Planning, Executive General Manager of Multimedia Division and Senior General Manager of the Innovation & Design Center. He was appointed to his current position in February 2015 and has responsibilities to maximize synergy value amongst Telkom Indonesia’s portfolio, manage Telkom Indonesia Group’s Business Portfolios, and monitor Post Deal Integration for all company’s actions in acquisitions and alliances. Currently, he also sits as a commissioner in PT. Multimedia Nusantara, a Telkom Indonesia’s subsidiary holding company for the area of information, media and entertainment businesses.

He worked as an accountant in the Department of Finance and, in 2011, was nominated Director of that same department. He actively participated in the implementation of various services that accelerate the assistance to the population, such as: Electronic Invoice, Costs System and use of International Standards on Public Accounting. In 2013, he became Secretary of Government, when he began the implementation of technology solutions aimed to improving public services. Returning to the Department of Finance in September of 2014, he has been coordinating the implementation of major projects such as: Structuring Array of Municipal Information – Multipurpose Technical Registration.
Intelligence System applied to the Security of Municipal Public Patrimony
Intelligence System applied to the Municipal Public Security

Paulo Soeiro de Carvalho is a researcher and an expert in Foresight, Strategy and Innovation, with more than 15 years of experience in consulting, teaching and training projects in those fields.

He has been working in consulting projects in the fields of foresight, scenario planning, strategy and innovation with public and private organisations in different industries including telecommunications, electronics, software and tourism. He has been coordinating and facilitating change and innovation projects in different types of industrial and services companies.

In the last years he has been very active in several academic and training activities in the fields of Foresight and Scenario Planning, Strategy and Competitiveness, including the design and the scientific coordination of a Post Graduation in “Foresight, Strategy and Innovation”, advanced executive programs in “Scenario Planning and Strategic Agility” and “Strategy and Leadership”, in ISEG – Lisboa School of Management and Economics / Lisbon University.

Born in 1969 at Lisbon, Paulo has a PhD in Management Sciences in the Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, with a thesis entitled: “Scenarios as a tool to give context and sense to Weak Signals in a process of Competitive Intelligence”. Paulo is graduated in Economics in 1994 (ISEG), concluded a Master in Economics and Management of Science and Technology (ISEG) in 1997 and a Master in Foresight and Strategy (Portuguese Institute for Financial and Fiscal Studies) in 1998.

Currently, Shawn is engaged in many great initiatives and projects guided by a renewed IT Master Planning process which focusses on Open and Accessible Government, Enabling Decisions through Research & Analytics, Creating a Connected & Engaged Workplace and Improving Services through Innovation & Partnerships. A key objective of the IT Master Plan is to advance Smart City capabilities by employing technology more deeply throughout the City utilizing more sensor based technology. A key objective is to improve customer service and drive efficiencies. One of the more advanced initiatives Shawn is leading is the introduction of District Wi-Fi. This will see the convergence of infrastructure, traditional hard services, City services and private sector all within a location defined by a wireless corridor. The City of Mississauga has enabled many aspects of its operations such as traffic, transit, emergency services and works operations through technology and is now taking that investment and learning to the next level. This will establish the City of Mississauga as a leader in employing Smart City best practices through innovations and partnerships.

Early in his career with the City of Mississauga, he led the vision and plan to provide all City services online. He provided strategic and operational leadership through the implementation of a Customer Service Strategy which transformed customer service across all channels including internet, phone and counters. Shawn has held positions at the City with portfolios ranging from Information Technology, Human Resources, Finance and Business Planning. He also has a very diverse private sector background in Civil Engineering, Geospatial Technology and Commercial Underwater Construction.

Shawn has an executive MBA from the University of Athabasca in Alberta, Canada.

Paul was Chief Executive of the West of England LEP which owns the economic strategy for the Bristol & Bath City Region, where he led the development of the regions Strategic Economic Plan. Before this Paul worked as Chief Marketing Officer of SunGard Financial Systems, during this fifteen year period the business grew from $2.8bn to $5bn and became a Fortune 500 company. Paul has an MBA from Cass Business School and Political Science degree from the University of Birmingham, UK. Paul is married with two children, his family are enjoying life in Bristol and previously lived in Switzerland for five years. Paul is learning the trombone.

The Initiative seeks to address the new challenges of the rapidly urbanising world through smart city technologies and innovations. See-Kiong has a long-standing interest in cross-disciplinary applied research in computer science. See-Kiong started his research career as one of the early bioinformaticians. He has since been able to apply what he had learned from bioinformatics to a wide array of other application domains. From using data mining to better understand the biology of the human body, See-Kiong is now using big data approaches to understand the systems biology of complex human cities and the internet of things. He has published widely, with more than 100 papers in leading peer-reviewed journals and conferences.

He is registered with the Board of Town Planners Malaysia and started his career in the civil service in 1983 as a town planning officer attached to the Federal Department of Town and Country Planning, Ministry of Housing and Local Government. In 1990 he was awarded the British Council Fellowship to specialise in Planning Law in Newcastle University, England.

In April 2003, he was appointed as Penang State Town and Country Planning Department Director. In February 2006, he was seconded as Khazanah Nasional’s Senior Vice President of Special Projects to oversee the planning of the southern economic region in Johor, known today as Iskandar Malaysia.

In January 2009, Ismail was appointed as Director of Physical Planning Division, Town and Country Planning Department at its headquarters in Kuala Lumpur. Effective 1 January 2010, Ismail was appointed as the Chief Executive of Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA). His main responsibility is to advise the Prime Minister and Menteri Besar Johor as co-chairmen of the Board of IRDA in planning and implementing the economic, physical and social development strategies to meet the vision of realising the Iskandar Development Region as a Strong and Sustainable Metropolis of International Standing.

Amongst his many achievements in IRDA include securing a total cumulative investment worth RM138 billion for the period 2006 to April 2014 and the successful execution of public infrastructure projects worth RM7 billion for Iskandar Malaysia. He was responsible for coordinating and facilitating public private cooperation to develop Iskandar Malaysia through various programmes such as human capital and entrepreneurship, safety and security, public transportation, housing and the environment.

Ismail had previously served as part time lecturer in University of Malaya (UM), International Islamic University (UIA), Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) between 1993 and 2002. He is currently a Board Member of the Malaysia Town Planners Board, past Vice President of the Malaysia Institute of Planners (MIP), President of MCOBA Southern Chapter and a Harvard Business School Alumni. He sits in the Malaysia – Singapore Business Council and a member of the National Bio Technology Council.

He is also Emeritus Professor at the University Rovira i Virgili (Catalonia, Spain). A graduate in chemistry and chemical engineering from the Institut Químic de Sarrià (Barcelona) and the University of Barcelona, respectively, he completed his education at the University of Toronto (M.A.Sc; Ph.D.), University of Barcelona (Sc.D.), and at the ICT-Barcelona (M.B.A). Visiting scholar and Professor at many renowned universities worldwide (UC Berkeley, UCLA, Univ. of Toronto, etc.), he has been granted several innovation and education prizes, and also research awards for his seminal work on complex systems. Coauthor of 254 papers at scientific meetings (19 keynotes), 150 archival publications and 2 inventions, he has directed 195 projects, supervised 34 Ph.D. theses and created 2 spin-off companies.

For 14 years, he has successfully performed in sales, marketing and general management functions of a large multinational ICT company. He also has 12 years of experience as a business-oriented CIO and as a member of executive boards in large multinational companies in the pharmaceutical, telecommunications and finance industries. Among his numerous career accomplishments, Peter was named the CIO/IT Executive of the Year by Computerwoche, an IDG publication. Peter also founded, successfully ran and then sold itcps Management Consulting AG, a provider of business and technology consultancy services for all industries. He is based in Switzerland, speaks several languages fluently, has conducted business globally in developed and emerging markets and also lived in a few different countries. Additionally, Peter is a seasoned non-executive director on various boards.

Ms. Chen holds the title of senior researcher and senior engineer. From 1989 to 1998, Ms. Chen was manager of the Development Department of Shenzhen Zhongxing Semiconductor Co. and then worked as senior researcher and manager in the research department of AT&T Bell Laboratories in the US. Following this, she served as CEO of ZTE USA. Since 2002 she has been Senior Vice President of the ZTE Corporation and general manager of the Networking Operations Division, being responsible for global research and the long-term development of ZTE wireline products. I*n 2003, Ms. Chen was also appointed as the chairwoman of ZTEsoft Technology, which is subsidiary of ZTE Corporation focusing on telecom IT solutions in BSS and OSS.

His tasks include driving technology strategy across the City’s departments and agencies, working with the local and worldwide technology industries, and using data to upgrade performance throughout City government. Prior to coming to the Mayor’s Office, Marx was Vice President, Business Development, for Qualcomm Labs where he started the Gimbal initiative as part of his overall work on driving the development of new technologies ranging from augmented reality to context awareness. He previously held the position no-mb of Vice President at Mattel handling digital and online products and services and was the Vice President, Emerging Technologies for Universal Studios. He has spent his career writing software, working with technologies and technologists, and driving the state-of-the-art forward. Marx also holds the position no-mb of Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern California.

After IMLP, he assumed numerous leadership roles at GE headquarters in Fairfield, CT and its Energy division based in Atlanta, GA. While at GE Energy, Samir took his first divisional CIO role at age 25 supporting a $250M temporary power business called GE Energy Rentals. Following this role, he was positioned to build an internal IT shared services organization providing centralized Oracle ERP implementation services to GE Energy Services, the largest business unit under GE Energy. While at GE, he continued his leadership development efforts graduating from numerous programs delivered thru GE’s highly recognized Crotonville training center.

Following his 9-year career with GE, Samir moved to Las Vegas, NV where he worked for MGM Resorts International (MGM) as Vice President for Corporate Systems. In this role, Samir was responsible for the successful implementation of the largest back-office technology standardization initiative in the gaming sector across 17 casino resorts.

Following this role, Samir was seeking a position where he could leverage technology to deliver transformational social change at a local level. He moved back to Atlanta and accepted a position as the SVP, CIO for the Atlanta Housing Authority (AHA), the first housing authority in USA with a nationally recognized model to de-concentrate poverty for low-income families by providing housing in market rate, mixed income communities established thru private-sector partnerships. While at AHA, Samir lead a Transformation initiative that significantly reduced the agencies operating costs, improved regulatory reporting, and improved overall service delivery and business productivity.

Continuing his firm commitment to service the public at a local level, Samir is currently the Commissioner and CIO for the City of Atlanta. As CIO, Samir is accountable for information technology services for all 25 city departments to include Public Safety, Justice, Operations, Administration, and Hartsfield-Jackson Int’l Airport.

In his portfolio: Innovation, Economic Affairs and international affairs. One of Joost’s ambitions is to develop the city into a Smart Users’ City in the field of Smart Energy and Smart Active and Healthy Living. Before his political career he worked in consulting and communication for companies like Aegon.

The city of Groningen – counting 200.000 inhabitants- is the largest city and the economic capital in the northern Netherlands. With over half of the population being under 35, the inhabitants are, on average, younger than anywhere else in the country. Besides being a lively university city, Groningen is also at the leading edge in research and development, innovation and entrepreneurship. In other words, Groningen is a real City of Talent.

This Young talents reflect also our Smart City Approach. We want the Users to be in the heart of the smart city developments, which focusses on subjects of energy transition and healthy ageing. Our citizens should be able to control and develop their own living environment, hence ‘the Smart Users’ City’.

With this approach we have attracted international attention. In March 2014 the city of Groningen became the runner up for Europe’s Innovation Capital competition, the iCapital award. Running together with Barcelona and Grenoble the city was acknowledged for its outstanding innovation climate.

He received a bachelor’s degree in radio engineering from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications in 1982, a master’s degree in business administration from Jilin University in 2001, and a PhD in political economy from Jilin University in 2006. Mr. Jiang served as Deputy Director of the Bureau of Telecommunications Administration in Changchun of Jilin Province from February 1998 to July 1999. He was the Deputy General Manager of Jilin Mobile Communication Company from July 1999 to March 2004. He served as the Deputy General Manager of South Communication Co. Limited of Netcom Group from March 2004 to June 2004, and he was the General Manager of Zhejiang Branch of Netcom Group from June 2004 to September 2007. He has served as Deputy General Manager of Netcom Group since September 2007. Mr. Jiang is a Vice President of Unicom Group, as well as Director and Senior Vice President of CUCL. Mr. Jiang has worked in the telecommunications industry for a long period of time and has extensive management experience.

His responsibilities include economic development, international relations, research and access programmes. He is the senior manager responsible for the development of the Digital Agenda in Dublin and for Smart City Initiatives. Peter has led the development of cooperation agreements with cities such as San Jose (USA), Guadalajara (Mexico), Beijing, Moscow, St Petersburg, and Barcelona.

Peter was previously Director of the City Development Board. This was a multi-agency Board delivering social, economic and cultural programmes. Prior to his move to Local Government, he had led organisational change and rightsizing with the Ireland’s major telecom company. Having begun working as Director of the National Youth Council Peter moved to Ireland’s National Training and Employment Agency (FAS) where he managed enterprise and employment programmes. Peter holds an MA from Maynooth University and an MBA from Dublin City University.

Projjal was instrumental in the measurement and verification of MTA’s carbon footprint, and its registration with the Climate Registry. He has played a leadership role in the transit industry’s effort to quantify its carbon benefits. He has lectured and written extensively on the subject of ‘carbon avoidance’; including at Harvard, Yale and Columbia Universities. He is a published author and a regular contributor to publications, both physical and digital, focused on the environment. His work has been cited in the New York Times, NPR and other outlets. He blogs at takingthecaroutofcarbon.tumblr.com and tweets @projjal

Projjal has more than twenty years of experience in projects ranging in scale from urban to residential, with a particular emphasis on sustainable design. Before joining the MTA, he worked as a sustainable architecture consultant. He was one of the first 100 LEED Accredited Professionals. His graduate work at MIT, which explored the construction of low-cost housing from waste packaging, was awarded the “Best Thesis”. His built projects have been featured in publications in the U.S. and abroad.

Projjal is also a partner at a contemporary south-Asian gallery based in NY. Due to his sustainability commitments and time zones, his role at the gallery has revolved around artist-relations – curating shows, helping place works in institutions.

Projjal takes volunteering very seriously. He has volunteered in a range of roles from post-lunch clean-up guy at his kid’s school, to serving as the Chair of a National Academy of Sciences panel. Most recently he has become a proud new addition to ioby’s Board of Directors.