People (fr)

David Fine

Avr 03, 2017

David Fine is Product Manager at Placemeter, a New York based startup that is a real-time data platform that uses sensors implemented by the community and public video feeds to quantify and index the physical world.

Ekim Tan

Avr 03, 2017

Born in Istanbul, Dr Ekim Tan graduated as an architect from the Middle East Technical University in 1999, winning the Archiprix Award. She received her second degree in urbanism from the Technical University Delft in 2005. Ekim has long been fascinated by both Istanbul and the Netherlands, watching as the political and spatial landscape in…

Per Als

Avr 03, 2017

After graduating with degrees in Planning from Aalborg University and in Public Affairs/Economics from Princeton University, Per Als pursued a career in Public Transportation in Denmark on national, local and regional level.

Michelle Harrington

Avr 03, 2017

Michelle Harrington is a Communications Specialist for the Connected Corridors project at California Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology (PATH). Since 2008, she has managed multiple marketing and public outreach programs for local governments, businesses, and non-profits.

Alexandre Bayen

Avr 03, 2017

Alexandre Bayen is a Chancellor Professor at UC Berkeley, in the Departments of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and Civil and Environmental Engineering. He is the Director of the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Berkeley.

Josephine d’Allant

Avr 03, 2017

Josephine d’Allant is a Project Director at Dallant Networks and the Managing Editor of URB.im, the online community for just and inclusive cities. She graduated with High Honors from UC Berkeley with a bachelors in International Development Studies and a Certificate from SciencesPo Paris.

Chris Michael

Avr 03, 2017

Chris Michael is the deputy editor of Guardian Cities. He was media correspondent at the National Post, co­founded Trucker magazine, spent three years at what is now the International New York Times/Asahi Shimbun in Tokyo and joined the Guardian culture desk in 2007, moving on to launch Guardian Cities earlier this year.

Paul Minett

Avr 03, 2017

Paul Minett is the Auckland, New Zealand-based chair of the Ridesharing Institute, a US non-profit; chair of the Emerging Ridesharing Solutions Subcommittee of the TRB, and a co-inventor of Raspberry Express, a carpooling solution based on meeting-places rather than databases.

Mark Dixon

Avr 03, 2017

Since founding Regus in Brussels in 1989, Mark Dixon has achieved a formidable reputation for leadership and innovation. Prior to Regus he established businesses in the retail and wholesale food industry. Recipient of several awards for enterprise, Dixon has revolutionized the way business approaches its property needs with his vision of the future of work.

Claus Mullie

Avr 03, 2017

Claus Mullie joined NewCities as a research assistant after obtaining his MSc in Urbanisation and Development at the London School of Economics.

Alix Armour

Mar 31, 2017

Alix Armour is a French/American creative strategist and entrepreneur who studied industrial design in Southern California, Mandarin in Shanghai, and at present, life in Paris (still studying). She is developing Nimble Scooters in the USA and in Europe and is actively working from various fablabs and coworking spaces in Paris.

Mathieu Lefevre

Mar 31, 2017

Mathieu Lefevre is the Former Executive Director of NewCities. Previously he worked for the World Bank in the area of governance and as a political officer for the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations. Mathieu is a graduate of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and of the London School of Economics.