Alby B. Email & Phone Number

United States

United States

United States

Ontario, Canada

As Head of Government Engagement and Strategic Partnerships at Ecosystems Informatics Inc. (ESI), an air quality informatics company, I lead the development of strategic partnerships focused on improving air quality management through cutting-edge technologies. By working closely with local municipalities, civil society, non-profits, multilaterals, and key.

Ontario, Canada

Advisor to the CEO. Focused on supporting governments with critical air quality data in real time, so they can make better decisions on climate change, Health & safety, climate action and emissions tracking.

El Paso, Texas, United States

As part of the board, I'll be working with the college to ensure their curriculum stays ahead of trends and technologies in the fast-paced world of design.

Global

• Advise global cities, industry, and non-profit organizations to identify public-private partnership opportunities that help solve some of the issues and challenges created by rapid urbanization with a focus on making.
• Advisor to the CEO, Ecosystem Informatics Inc (Toronto): Advise the CEO of an Air Quality Informatics solution provider on creating public-private partnerships to help governments measure air quality and use artificial.
• Member of The Board of Advisors/Smart Cities Lead, Create Labs Ventures (NYC): Lead government engagement and partnership development for a Metaverse and Artificial Intelligence startup focused on creating virtual.

Board member and advisor, focusing on bringing in new investments, partnerships and business relationships. Create Labs will revolutionize the way organizations enter the Metaverse. By using proprietary AI embedded virtual human technology, we can bring your organization to "life" in the Metaverse. We provide Virtual Human Design, Metaverse community.

One of 3 founding CTO’s from local governments in partnership with UN Habitat. Led the creation of the partnership with UN Habitat and the cities of NYC, Barcelona and Amsterdam. Focused on stewarding human rights in the digital realm as we do in the physical. Created a framework that will preserve privacy, security and transparency in tech for years to.

New York, New York, United States

• Led the team responsible for Mastercard's City Possible Program, a public-private partnership initiative focused on bringing cities, industry, academia, and NGOs to co-create solutions that advance urban innovation to.
• Led the growth of the City Possible network from 14 mostly US cities with signed MOU’s to over 356 global cities across 6 continents, within a period of 2.5 years.
• Created partnerships with over 50 industry organizations that were focused on providing solutions to governments, primarily in the payments, urban mobility, identity, data and cybersecurity space.
• Negotiated IP ownership on behalf of Mastercard for the “Touch Card”, an accessible card for blind and partially sighted people.
• Created the “24-Hour Cities Network”, an initiative focused on economic growth strategies and using economic data to better understand the night economy with members from over 100 city governments from around the world.

Greater New York City Area

Committed to deepening and broadening Mastercard's engagement with global city, industry, academic and NGO partners under the City Possible framework – which aims at advancing inclusive urbanization through collaboration and by making tech work for people.

New York, New York

• Led pivotal technology initiatives, enhancing city operations and resident services through innovative digital strategies. Orchestrated the NYC Broadband Plan and championed the digital transformation of city services.
• Led a team of 25 individuals responsible for NYC government’s deployment of broadband, digital services, pilot programs, data privacy, IoT/connected devices, and tech policy programs.
• Laid the groundwork for the NYC Broadband Plan that was officially announced in 2020.
• Led the digital transformation of NYC city services with NYC Digital, a team focused on digitizing critical resident services.
• Launched digital literacy campaigns in partnership with NYC public libraries.
• Led the development of the NYC connected device/IOT strategy.

Greater New York City Area

• Served as Chief of Staff to the CTO, strategic partner to the executive team and trusted advisor to staff as well as liaison to City Hall and agency partners. Focused on catalyzing the CTO’s vision into programs and.
• Led the development of the strategic plan for NYC MOTI that contributed to the One NYC Mayoral plan.
• Recruited and hired over 15 new team members, including 4 Deputy CTO’s overseeing major pillar programs within the office.
• Steered program managers toward a culture of performance and outcomes by including KPI’s and other measurements of success into project plans.
• Galvanized the team around building strong internal and external relationships to forge a strong work culture of collaboration, ownership, and purpose.
• Created opportunities for collaboration and team cohesiveness through workshops, off-sites and working group sessions.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Member of Executive Team reporting to the City CIO responsible for the management, supervision, and administration of over 300 tech workers consisting of engineers, analysts, developers and functional team managers..
• Key contributor to the development and implementation of the departmental technology strategic plan and shared services strategy.
• Created the first ever recruitment and talent management program in the history of the City & County of San Francisco
• Developed the “Tech Talent Program” in partnership with the Department of Human Resources, Local 21 Union, city agencies and the Civil Service Commission.
• Created the first “Tech Expert” temporary worker position to ensure the city could hire tech workers in record time.
• Negotiated enterprise agreement with Lynda.com and LinkedIn for internal talent development.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Responsible for sourcing and recruiting diverse candidates for the executive search function in the Human Resources team. Managed veteran referral program, conducted community hiring events, and developed KPIs for the.
• Designed and implemented comprehensive diversity recruitment strategies, increasing the representation of underrepresented groups in executive positions by 20% within 12 months.
• Cultivated relationships with diverse professional organizations and academic networks, enhancing the visibility of USC as an inclusive employer for executive talent.
• Developed and facilitated bias-awareness training for hiring committees, contributing to a more equitable selection process and promoting diversity in leadership roles.
• Leveraged data-driven approaches to identify and address gaps in the recruitment process, ensuring a diverse candidate pipeline and adherence to best practices in inclusive hiring.
• Coordinated with internal stakeholders and external partners to organize career events and executive search initiatives that highlighted USC's commitment to diversity and inclusion in leadership.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Senior executive reporting directly to President & CEO of the college. Manage a team of 15 consisting of Admissions Managers, Military/Veteran Advisors and Outreach Coordinators. Build strategic partnerships with community, military, veteran and tribal organizations to impact educational and professional growth for staff. Developed outreach protocols.

Multiple Locations

Director of Enrollment, Recruitment & Training Senior campus executive responsible for leading a team of 42 admissions advisors and 5 managers across 3 campuses. Developed performance metrics and implemented technology solutions to measure, track and visualize performance data to measure against historical data. Developed and implemented a successful.

Multiple Locations, USA

Managed Human Resources and Public Affairs departments. Responsible for the administration management and supervision of HR staff supporting military units of up to 2000 employees from all five branches of the military to include DoD civilian employees. Responsible for HR data management, systems and technology hardware. Served as media liaison..

Multidisciplinary Studies- Communication & Management

Human Capital Strategist Certification, Talent Strategy

Certified Internet Recruiter, Talent Acquisition

Completed AIRS Searchlab 12.0 course for Certified Internet Recruiter Certification

Certified Diversity Recruiter, Diversity Recruiting

Completed AIRS Certified Diversity Recruiter 9.0 course.

Education record

Philanthropic Executive Staff leadership training. Topics: fundraising, increasing constituencies, engaging members, engaging community.

Human Resources Generalist, Hr/Personnel Actions

Equivalent of HR Generalist coursework.