People

Our network of contributors

Daan Weddepohl

Mar 31, 2017

Daan Weddepohl is founder of Peerby.com, a website and iPhone app that enables people to borrow the things they need from others in their neighborhood.

Julia Mart

Mar 31, 2017

For the past 30 years Julia has worked in the music and events industries around the world. She’s called London, Paris, Hong Kong and now New York home, and has great admiration for all the airports and subways that have kept her connected!

Tanguy Goretti

Mar 31, 2017

Tanguy Goretti is co-founder and CEO of Djump. He built his first website at age 13, and launched his startup when he turned 23 and was still a student.Tanguy is always eager to share his vision about the future of mobility and strongly believes in the power of community to solve the biggest problems of…

Wim Elfrink

Mar 31, 2017

Wim Elfrink is the Founder and President of WPE Ventures Digitized Solutions, a security and digitization solutions business that leverages the Internet of Things (IoT) technology to drive transformational business outcomes. Elfrink is an investor, advisor, and consultant in early-stage, emerging and emerging growth companies that are enabling the digitization of society. He actively manages…

Ahmed Riaz

Mar 31, 2017

Ahmed Riaz is a user experience designer with a background in developing physical and digital products, an expertise in visual thinking and a passion for making objects that dissolve into behavior.

Andrew Marton

Mar 31, 2017

Andrew Marton has been a journalist for more than three decades, having been published in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. He has won four national writing awards. Marton grew up just outside of Washington, D.C., attended Georgetown and Columbia Universities, and has lived in Paris, Rome, and New…

Gary Schneider

Mar 31, 2017

Gary Schneider has been with Citi for 23 years and leads the firm’s North America Public Sector business. In this role he is responsible for Citi’s Corporate and Investment Bank’s (CIB) product set and their delivery to the N.A. Public Sector clients.. Gary is the global lead for Citi for Cities, a platform that drives…

Aaron Hurst

Mar 31, 2017

Aaron Hurst is a globally recognized entrepreneur who works to create communities that are empowered to realize their potential. He is the CEO of Imperative, a technology platform that enables people to discover, connect and act on what gives them purpose in their work. Aaron is a close advisor to many global brands and frequent…

Mohamed Hage

Mar 31, 2017

A born entrepreneur, Hage oversees all of Lufa Farms development and operations. He has a long history in successful technology-based ventures and real-estate development. Hage is the owner of the vision at Lufa Farms and is driven by a keen personal interest in environmental science, sustainable fresh agriculture, and the challenge of renewable energy.

Pronita Saxena

Mar 31, 2017

Pronita Saxena is co-founder and chief growth officer at NextDrop, a startup solving water issues by connecting citizens, government bodies, and the private sector to actionable information via mobile technology.

Milos Milisavljevíc

Mar 31, 2017

Miloš heads up Strawberry energy, overseeing the company’s day-to-day functioning, as well as business strategy development. He is one of the creators of the Strawberry Tree.

Reinier de Graaf

Mar 31, 2017

Reinier de Graaf is a partner of OMA. He directs the work of AMO, the research and design studio established as a counterpart to OMA’s architectural practice. Over the last several years, he has overseen OMA’s planning work in several emerging cities and led AMO’s research on the Megacity, coining in 2011 the term Megalopoli(tic)s.