Alan Cohen is a senior marketing executive with extensive experience across e-commerce, digital marketing, advertising, branding and PR. He has led marketing for industry leaders including Westfield, OtterBox, Napster and Jim Beam. He currently is CMO and head of Communications for REEF Technology, leading all marketing as the company is transforming its industry leading 4500 […]

Philippe Crist is Administrator and Advisor for Innovation and Foresight of the International Transport Forum (ITF) at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). He develops and implements innovation and foresight tasks at the ITF, plans and coordinates research of the ITF’s Corporate Partnership Board and manages international research projects for the ITF’s 59 […]

Jordan Davis is the Director of Smart Columbus for the Columbus Partnership leading strategy and public-private partnerships for the Central Ohio region’s $550 million smart cities initiative.  She was instrumental in Columbus becoming the sole winner of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Smart Cities Challenge in 2016 and since has managed the upstart of a new […]

As a General Manager of Partner Cities at Via, Obinna oversees launches in new markets, developing the strategy and logistics behind our go-to market plan, setting growth goals, managing on-the-ground teams, and ensuring operational excellence and customer satisfaction. Obinna joined Via in 2016 as an Operations Principal, primarily focusing on driver acquisition and vehicle supply, […]

Romain leads the Paris Region’s consulting practice for the urban mobility and new space sectors. He has 10+ years of experience advising companies looking to expand and plug into the regional ecosystem. He specializes in growth strategy, go-to-market, public-private partnerships. Before joining Choose Paris Region, Romain worked for the economic development agency of Eastern France […]

Nir Erez sees the future of urban mobility and in it, data is the determinant. As Co-founder and CEO of Moovit, a leading Mobility as a Service (MaaS) provider and the world’s #1 urban mobility app, Nir Erez believes data companies will become the operating system – the brains and heart – of smart cities. […]

Claire Enslin is a Product Designer at WhereIsMyTransport specialising in using technology to create real world transport solutions for the global south. She has a Masters in City and Regional Planning from the University of Cape Town where she focussed on gender experiences of safety and freedom of movement within urban landscapes in emerging contexts. […]

Kevin leads Optibus’ North America operation, leveraging over 20 years of successful general management and strategic leadership in sales, marketing, product development and customer success. Kevin has extensive experience in the mobility and artificial intelligence spheres. He served as vice president and general manager of the enterprise division of Seattle-based INRIX, the leading provider of […]

Jascha Franklin-Hodge is the Executive Director of the Open Mobility Foundation (OMF). This city-led foundation helps government and industry collaborate to develop open source tools and data standards that support adoption and regulation of emerging mobility technology. He previously served in the cabinet of Mayor Martin J. Walsh as Boston’s Chief Information Officer, and lead […]

Vignesh Ganapathy is Head of Government Relations at Postmates, an on-demand logistics and delivery company. He manages the company’s legislative and regulatory program, focused on the future of work, privacy, robotics, mobility, and how tech intersects with our communities. Through 2018, Vignesh headed policy for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Kansas, building a […]