Samuel Kohn Email & Phone Number

Montreal, Qc, Ca

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

We are internationally renowned data and technology specialists who believe in leveraging these tools using a reasoned and fit for purpose approach. We help municipalities and communities govern and manage their data and technology in more responsible, effective and collaborative ways. Our work spans open smart cities, data sharing initiatives, open data, data governance and much more. In my role at Open North, I design, develop and manage large programs, such as the data governance component of Montreal’s innovative smart city program (Montréal en commun), as well as DATAide, a large-scale capacity-building program designed to improve the capacity of non for profits in Quebec to leverage data and technology to support their missions. My tasks include strategic planning, team management, building trust and relationship with partners and clients, managing budgets, and overseeing the execution of applied research initiatives, innovation processes (testing, experimenting, pilot projects, and prototyping), and capacity-building initiatives.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Leveraging open source data, GIS tools and spatial visualization techniques to guide urban governance and policy strategies related to sustainable urban systems, mobility, housing issues and city planning in response to COVID-19. Most recently, I have co-coded and co-developed an interactive web dashboard using the programmatic language R to promote research on sustainable urban systems as part of the McGill Sustainable Systems Initiative.

Montreal, Canada Area

ROI Research on Investment is a global authority on corporate expansion and investment intelligence. Responsibilities include:➢ Client and account management➢ Management of operations➢ In-market representation

Montreal, Canada Area

➢ Managed a team of 10+ Research Associates➢ Interviewed and hired Research Associates, and trained over 50 staff

Montreal, Canada Area

➢ Top performer, executing lead generation campaigns, and communicating with C level executives in English and French in order to validate and qualify foreign direct investment opportunities➢ Nurtured relationships with decision makers from Fortune companies worldwide

Montreal, Canada Area

Consulting the government of Japan on how to attract Canadian FDI and meeting participation

Responsible for attracting FDI from US companies into Dubai’s largest free trade zone

Montreal, Canada Area

Canadian in-market representative for the government of Indonesia

Montreal

➢ Conducted research/reports on marine and coastal conservation efforts, knowledge interface, and traditional ecological knowledge integration within decision-making processes of the CBD➢ Organized regional workshops around the world for the identification of vulnerable marine areas in need of protection

Montreal, Canada Area

➢ Research-based work on future urban planning and integrated water resource management ➢ Conducted reports for UNESCO and the International Water Council

Master'S Degree, City/Urban, Community And Regional Planning

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), International Development, Environmental Studies, And Hispanic Studies

French Baccalauréat, Economics And Social Sciences, Mention Bien (Honorary Mention)

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