Charmaine Distor is a Doctoral Researcher at the University of Lausanne focusing on artificial intelligence in public sector organizations. She also works as a Junior Researcher for the United Nations University - Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance (UNU-EGOV). In the past, she worked as a Project Development Officer and Section Chief at the Department of Information and Communications Technology - Philippines which oversaw ICT programs aiming to develop the Philippine ICT industry ecosystem. She also worked at the Municipal Government of Carmona, Cavite as the Municipal Information, Tourism, Culture and Arts Officer-in-Charge. She also obtained her Global Master of e-Government and Public Management from Yonsei University under the KOICA scholarship, and her Bachelor of Science in Development Communication from the University of the Philippines. Her research interests include public administration, e-government, community development, organizational communication, sustainable development, and gender studies.