Luis has been with the City of Calgary for 11 years. He is currently the Program Manager in the Smart Cities section leading the portfolio of Digital Equity, Partnerships and Regional Collaboration. His role includes working with Calgary’s Smart City team to advance Smart Calgary strategy from making the new Wave Tech Centre a reality to working with community members to address the digital divide to building relationships to foster a regional approach to Smart Cities. In addition to the local government experience he has also worked in hospitality and financial services in Brazil. During the journey with The City he provided consulting services to several business units and departments across the corporation on strategic planning, governance and project and program management. He also worked with the business community to make Calgary more business friendly and with The City's senior leadership to design and implement corporate strategic initiatives. Behind every project and initiative Luis works, he brings the power of design, systems thinking and engaging facilitation skills to solve complex systemic issues. Luis has an MBA from the University of Bradford in the UK.