Professional Experience
Resume, jobs, speaking engagements, teaching experience, and all the official stuff.
Speaking Engagements
- Participatory Democracy & Inclusive Innovation (April 2023, United States)
Organizer: Consulate General of Switzerland in New York; ConnectUS; Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW; Location: Consulate General of Switzerland in NYC. - Open Data & Civic Trust (March 2023, United States)
Organizer: NYU Gov Lab; Open Data Week; NYU Center for Urban Science + Progress; NYC Civic Engagement Commission. Location: NYU CUSP. - 24 Hours Cities Network: Nighttime Governance at Cities (May 2022, United States)
Organizer: Master Card; City of Bogota; NYC Mayor's Office Media and Entertainment. Location: Virtual. - Toward a Third Wave of Open Data for New York City (Mar 2022, United States)
Organizer: NYU Gov Lab; NYC Mayor's Office of Data Analytics; Open Data Week; ; NYC Office of Tech and Innovation; UK Cabinet Office; Cornell Tech’s Digital Life Initiative . Location: Virtual. - Netherlands - New York Cybersecurity & Fintech roundtable (January 2022, United States)
Organizer: Security Delta; Innovation Quarter; Ministry of Foreign Affairs Netherlands; NYC Office of Tech and Innovation . Location: Virtual. - Urban Innovation Pilots: How to partner with government (Dec 2021, United States)
Organizer: Cornell Tech; Greater London Authority; NYC Mayor's Office of the CTO. Location: Virtual. - Rethinking Urban Living Labs @ Smart Cities New York (Nov 2021, USA)
Organizer: Cornell Tech. Place: NYC, USA. Event: Smart Cities New York 2021 - Ciudades por la noche: Apoyando las economías nocturnas (Nov 2021, United States)
Organizer: Master Card's Cities Possible; Government of the city of Bogota; Government of Mexico City; Government of Buenos aire. Location: Virtual. - Intro to the NYC Tech Ecosystem (Nov 2021, USA)
Organizer: Mexican Consulate & Secretaria de Innovación Ciencia y Tecnología (SICYT). Place: NYC, USA. Event: Delegation of Jalisco Entrepreneurs @ Mexican Consulate - IBM Call for Code & CGIU: Tech for social Impact (Oct 2021, United States)
Organizer: Clinton Global Initiative University & IBM. Location: Virtual. - Global Design Thinking Conference: Policy Innovation Lab – from local to global (September 2021, Germany)
Organizer: the HPI School of Design Thinking and the Global Design Thinking Alliance Location: Virtual. - Foro Gobierno de la Innovación Pública: Cartagena - NYC (2021, Colombia)
Organizer: Gobierno de la Ciudad de Cartagena de Indias. Location: Virtual. - Políticas públicas para la vivienda digna ante el COVID-19: CDMX-NYC (2021, USA & Mexico)
Organizer: NYC Mayor's Office of the CTO. NYC Mayor's Office to Protect Tenants. Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores. Gobierno de la Ciudad de México. Congreso de la Ciudad de México. Location: Virtual. - Up to Us Mentorship Summit (2021, USA)
Organizer: Up to Us & Clinton Global Initiative University. Location: Virtual. - Retos y perspectiva de la juventud ante el proceso electoral (2021, Mexico)
Organizer: Mar Adentro de México AC & Instituto Electoral y Participación Ciudadana. Location: Virtual. - Gathering Inclusive Data: A Roundtable Discussion (2021, USA)
Organizer: Seam Social Labs. Location: Virtual. - AI Here and There: Transatlantic Dialogues on Artificial Intelligence, Society and Innovation (2021, USA)
Organizer: the Consulate General of Switzerland in New York and the Center for Responsible AI | NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Location: Virtual. Event: Tracing Artificial Intelligence in Our Everyday Lives - Innovación Inclusiva & Cooperación Internacional: Estrategias globales para el desarrollo local (2021, USA)
Organizer: Laboratorio de Innovación Democratica. Location: Virtual. Event: Quinto Seminario de Investigación del Laboratorio de Innovación Democrática - Community Driven Innovation: Challenges and opportunities of participatory policy design (2021, USA)
Organizer: NYC Mayor's Office Data Analytics, Data Through Design, Beta NYC. Location: NYC, USA. Event: 2021 Open Data Week - Global/Local Perspectives: Digital Inclusion and Innovative Solutions (2020, USA)
Organizer: NYC Mayor's Office of International Affairs. Location: NYC, USA. Event: NYC Inclusive Power Economic Development Series - Los Retos del Ecosistema Emprendedor: Repensando el emprendimiento desde la política pública (2020, Mexico)
Organizer: Mexico City Government & NYC Government. Event: CDMX - NYC: International Cooperation Series - Innovación para el desarrollo: Una visión local con alcance global (2020, Argentina)
Organizer: Universidad Austral. Event: Executive Program: Smart City Eye - Discovering Smart Cities - Innovación y participación ciudadana ante los retos de las grandes urbes: Experiencias desde CDMX y NYC. (2020, Mexico)
Organizer: Mexico City Government & NYC Government. Event: CDMX - NYC: International Cooperation Series - Diplomacia de la ciencia y cooperación internacional descentralizada en el contexto de Covid-19 CDMX - NYC (2020, Mexico)
Organizer: Mexico City Government & NYC Government. Event: CDMX - NYC: International Cooperation Series - Diplomacia de la ciencia y cooperación internacional descentralizada en el contexto de Covid-19 CDMX - NYC (2020, Mexico)
Organizer: Mexico City Government & NYC Government. Event: CDMX - NYC: International Cooperation Series - Smart planning: Is the Smart City in Crisis? (2020, Argentina)
Organizer: Universidad de Buenos Aires. Event: 6th Metropolitan Seminar of the Graduate Program in Metropolitan Urbanism of the University of Buenos Aires - How to work on innovation in government? (2020, USA)
Organizer: CIV:LAB, Urban Tech NYC, NYC Economic Development Corporation. Event: STEM Career Lab Ignite Talks for Young Professionals - Retos de innovación abierta para resolver desafíos en las ciudades: El caso de Nueva York (2020, Colombia)
Organizer: Camara de Comercio de Barranquilla & Atlanticonnect. Event: Charla Inngenia - Census, elections and migrant communities in the Covid-19 Era (2020, USA)
Organizer: Harvard University, ITAM, Agenda Migrante. Event: Agenda Migrante Series - Tackling Covid-19 and Social Issues in NYC and Beyond (2020, USA)
Organizer: IBM & NYC Mayor's Office of the Chief Technology Officer. Event: Call for Code Event Series - Co-creating Inclusive Innovation: What are the benefits of inclusive innovation? (2019, USA)
Organizer: World Economic Forum, DQ Institute & The NYC Mayor's Office of the Chief Technology Officer. Place: NYC, USA. Event: DQ Seminar Co-creating Inclusive Innovation . - Innovation & Citizen Engagement: Trends and challenges (2019, USA)
Organizer: Government Technology & Republic. Place: Brooklyn, NY. Event: New York City Technology Forum 2019 . - Bottom Up Policy Design: Placing Communities at the center of the design process. (2019, USA)
Organizer: Smart Cities NY. Place: NYC, USA. Event: Smart Cities New York 2019. - Equity through design. (2019, USA)
Organizer: Design for Innovation (D4I). Place: NYC, USA. Event: Spark: Social Innovation Summit @ Avenues the World School - Inclusive Innovation: Global Challenges for Local Governments (2019, Mexico)
Organizer: Universidad del Valle de Atemajac (UNIVA). Place: Guadalajara, Mexico. Event: Negotendencias 2019. - Urban Planning and Inclusive Innovation in NYC (2019, USA)
Organizer: The University of Guadalajara (CUCEA). Place: Guadalajara, Mexico. Event: PhD Program on Public Policy and Development: International Speakers Sessions. - Inclusive Infrastructure: Lessons from Havana (2019, USA)
Organizer: The New School. Place: NYC, USA. Event: Guest Speaker Series Program: the Julien J. Studley Graduate Programs in International Affairs (SGPIA) - Navigating the NYC Tech Ecosystem: Challenges and Opportunities (2019, USA)
Organizer: City College of New York. Place: NYC, USA. Event: Annual Zahn Innovation Summit 2019 Program: Zahn Innovation Center. - Supporting local entrepreneurship: toolkit for higher education institutions (2018, USA)
Organizer: Clinton Foundation. Place: NYC, USA. Event: Clinton Global Initiative University Annual University Summit Program: Clinton Global Initiative University. - Internet Access in Cuba: Challenges and Lessons for inclusive development (2018, USA)
Organizer: Yale University. Place: New Heaven, CT, USA. Event: Stories of the Special Period Department: Yale MacMllan Center Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies. - Cyber-geopolitics and regional integration in Latin America. (2016, Mexico)
Organizer: The University of Guadalajara. Place: Guadalajara, Mexico. Event: Potentialities for autonomous Latin American integration. Program: The Research Network on Autonomous Integration in Latin America and the Caribbean. - Cyberspace and Internet Access: a multidimensional process (2016, Mexico)
Place: The University of Guadalajara. Event: Keynote: Science Technology and Innovation series @ 5th National Congress of Social Sciences. Organizer: The Mexican Council of Social Sciences (COMECSO). - Regional Integration and ICTs in Latin America: UNASUR and ALBA (2014, Mexico)
Organizer: The University of Puebla. Place: Puebla, Mexico. Event: Annual Regional Integration Summit. Program: The Research Network on Autonomous Integration in Latin America and the Caribbean. - The Geography of the Telecommunication Networks in Latin America and its Implications for the Region’s Sovereignty: a South-South Cooperation Perspective (2013, Germany)
Organizer: Goethe-Universität. Place: Frankfurt Am Main, Germany. Event: Fourth Global International Studies Conference Research Network: World International Studies Committee (WISC) - The “ALBA-1” the first step to telecommunications sovereignty in Latin America (2013, Costa Rica)
Organizer: University of Costa Rica. Place: Punta Arenas, Costa Rica. Event: XI International Seminar on José Martí: Decolonization, sovereignty, challenges and developments in the XXI century Programe: Cátedra Internacional de José Martí. - Contemporary Relations between Turkey and the European Union: Challenges for civil and political rights (2011, Mexico)
Organizer: Western Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESO), University of Guadalajara and University of the Valley of Atemajac. Place: Guadalajara, Mexico. Event: Social Movements in the Middle East
Educational Workshops
- Office Hours: Inclusive Innovation for CGI U Commitment Makers (2021, USA)
Place: Virtual. Event: The 13th annual CGI U 2021 Virtual Meeting Organizer: Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U), an initiative of the Clinton Foundation. - Outcome Based Thinking and Impact Assessment (2019, Mexico)
Place: Universidad del Valle de Atemajac (UNIVA). Event: Workshop for Students of the undergraduate program of International Relations. Organizer: Negotendencias UNIVA. - Service Delivery Analysis & Impact Assessment (2019, USA)
Place: The New School. Event: Workshop for Students of the Graduate Program in International Affairs. Organizer: The New School. - International Cooperation at the local level: Cities in the Global Arena (2019, Mexico)
Place: University of Guadalajara. Event: Workshop for students of the International Studies program. Organizer: University of Guadalajara. - Monitoring and Evaluation for Social Impact (2019, USA)
Place: Cornell Tech University. Event: Workshop for members of the Clinton Global Initiative Alumni Network. Organizer: The Clinton Global Initiative University & Cornell Tech. - Working with Government 101: Challenges for Start-ups (2019, USA)
Place: Zahn Innovation Center of the City College of New York (CCNY). Event: Individual sessions with entrepreneurs from the Zahn Innovation Center Organizer: The Zahn Innovation Center & The NYC Mayor's Office of the Chief Technology Officer. - Service Delivery Analysis & Impact Assessment (2018, USA)
Place: The New School. Event: Workshop for Students of the Graduate Program in International Affairs. Organizer: The New School. - Monitoring and Evaluation for Social Entrepreneurs Webinar Series (2018, USA)
Place: Clinton Global Initiative University. Event: Series of three virtual webinars for 10K CGI U global student network Organizer: The Clinton Global Initiative University & The New School.
Community Engagement & Participatory Design
- World Projects Civic Technology: Civic Engagement (2020, USA)
Place: Columbia University. Event Type: Participatory design to support NYC Civic Engagement Commission with civic innovation experts from across NYC. Organizer: Columbia World Projects & NYC Civic Engagement Commission. - Challenges for Immigrant communities in Northern Manhattan (2019, USA)
Place: Zahn Innovation Center. Event Type: Participatory Issue Mapping. Organizer: The NYC Mayor's Office of the Chief Technology Officer & Zahn Innovation Center - Building Community Power: Challenges in Inwood & Washington Heights (2019, USA)
Place: Alianza Dominicana. Event Type: Five Issue Mapping Participatory Workshops: Housing, Arts & Culture, Education, Small Businesses, and Health Organizer: The NYC Mayor's Office of the Chief Technology Officer. - Challenges for housing organizers in Latinx communities (2019, USA)
Place: Mahattan, NYC. Event Type: Issue mapping exercise with local housing organizers and lawyers regarding the challenges to prevent tenant harassment and displacement Organizer: The NYC Mayor's Office of the Chief Technology Officer and The NYC Housing, Preservation and Development. - #PosNoMeSubo: Transportation alternatives for Guadalajara (2013, Mexico)
Place: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Event Type: Open space town hall w/ 300 people, five participatory workshops, and peaceful protest. Organizer: Myself.
Teaching Experience
- Innovation in Public Service (2021 - Present, NYC)
Place: Cornell Tech. Program: Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity. Role: Visiting Lecturer. Key topics: Public Interest Tech; Civic Tech; Experiential Learning; Local Development. - Technology resources for the protection of Information (2018, Mexico)
Place: Universidad de Guadalajara. Program: Master in Transparency and Personal Data Protection. Role: Professor. Key topics: Cyber-security and systems management.
Award Selection Committees
- NYCx Moonshot: Financial Inclusion Challenge (2021, USA)
Organizer: NYC Mayor's Office of the CTO, NYC Economic Development Coorporation, NYC Consumer and Worker Protection, NYC Small Business Services, NYC Young Men's Initiative. Type of competition: Global Open Innovation Call. Description: This challenge was designed to address the multifaceted barriers unbanked and underbanked New Yorkers face and support equitable recovery. Role: Judge. - IBM Call for Code 2020: Innovative Solutions to Take on COVID-19 and Climate Change (2020, USA)
Organizer: IBM, Linux Foundation, Clinton Foundation, United Nations. Type of competition: Global Open Innovation Call. Description: Call for Code's powerful ecosystem includes IBM, David Clark Cause, The Linux Foundation, and Charitable Partner United Nations Human Rights, together with a global movement of 400,000 developers across 179 nations. Role: Judge. - MIT Solve Global Challenge: Good Jobs & Inclusive Entrepreneurship (2020, USA)
Organizer: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Institute: MIT Solve. Type of Challenge: Global Innovation Challenge for Entrepreneurs. Description: How can marginalized populations access and create good jobs and entrepreneurial opportunities for themselves?. Role: Judge. - MIT Solve Global Challenge: 2020 Health Security & Pandemics (2020, USA)
Organizer: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Institute: MIT Solve. Type of Challenge: Global Innovation Challenge for Entrepreneurs. Description: How can communities around the world prepare for, detect, and respond to emerging pandemics and health security threats? Role: Judge. - NYCx Co-Labs Challenge: Accessible Mental Health (2020, USA)
Organizer: NYC Mayor's Office of the Chief Technology Officer, The NYC Economic Development Corporation, and NYC Mayor's Office of ThriveNYC. Type of Challenge: Global Innovation Challenge for Entrepreneurs. Description: How might we improve mental health among Latinx youth (13-18 years old) in Inwood and Washington Heights? Role: Judge & Director. - NYCx Co-Labs Challenge: Housing Rights Challenge (2020, USA)
Organizer: NYC Mayor's Office of the Chief Technology Officer, The NYC Economic Development Corporation, NYC Housing, Preservation and Development, and The NYC Mayor's Office to Protect Tenants . Type of Challenge: Global Innovation Challenge for Entrepreneurs. Description: How might we support the provision of more strategic, targeted and tailored information to tenants about their housing rights, enabling them to take action? Role: Judge & Director. - CSC Data Fest: Preventing Gentrification and Displacement (2018, USA)
Organizer: Columbia University - Data Science Institute. Event type: Graduate student competitions where interdisciplinary teams were asked to analyze open data sets to provide insights on gentrification trends in NYC. Role: Judge.
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