Experience

Smart City Works VENTURE LABS (The "Actuator")

• United States
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Executive Officer | Co-Founder

  • Oct 2015 - Present

  The Smart City Works ACTUATOR is the world’s first business actuator -- a new class of business accelerator that can more rapidly commercialize new technologies and innovations. The ACTUATOR is uniquely focused on urban tech, infrastructure, and improving how we design, build and operate cities. The ACTUATOR takes promising urban tech ventures from across the globe and helps transform them into high growth businesses to make our cities, communities, and world more livable, safer, sustainable… Show more The Smart City Works ACTUATOR is the world’s first business actuator -- a new class of business accelerator that can more rapidly commercialize new technologies and innovations. The ACTUATOR is uniquely focused on urban tech, infrastructure, and improving how we design, build and operate cities. The ACTUATOR takes promising urban tech ventures from across the globe and helps transform them into high growth businesses to make our cities, communities, and world more livable, safer, sustainable, and resilient. Show less The Smart City Works ACTUATOR is the world’s first business actuator -- a new class of business accelerator that can more rapidly commercialize new technologies and innovations. The ACTUATOR is uniquely focused on urban tech, infrastructure, and improving how we design, build and operate cities. The ACTUATOR takes promising urban tech ventures from across the globe and helps transform them into high growth businesses to make our cities, communities, and world more livable, safer, sustainable… Show more The Smart City Works ACTUATOR is the world’s first business actuator -- a new class of business accelerator that can more rapidly commercialize new technologies and innovations. The ACTUATOR is uniquely focused on urban tech, infrastructure, and improving how we design, build and operate cities. The ACTUATOR takes promising urban tech ventures from across the globe and helps transform them into high growth businesses to make our cities, communities, and world more livable, safer, sustainable, and resilient. Show less



Smart City Works INNOVATION HUB (The "Hub") - a 501(c)(3) organization

• Chairman of the Board | Co-Founder

  • Oct 2019 - Present

  Smart City Works INNOVATION HUB empowers communities to solve urban challenges and improve economic growth, through technology innovation. The INNOVATION HUB provides governments, organizations, and communities, technology innovation programs to harness the power of digital technology and create smarter, safer, more sustainable, and resilient communities. Smart City Works INNOVATION HUB empowers communities to solve urban challenges and improve economic growth, through technology innovation. The INNOVATION HUB provides governments, organizations, and communities, technology innovation programs to harness the power of digital technology and create smarter, safer, more sustainable, and resilient communities.



Smart City Works VENTURE STUDIO (The "Studio")

• Board Director | Co-Founder

  • Jan 2021 - Present

  Smart City Works VENTURE STUDIO takes early-stage ventures and corporate intrapreneurship focused on urban tech and the infrastructure market from seed to Series A or exit, through investments in human capital, operations, and business plan execution. In doing so, the STUDIO builds great businesses, expands much-needed innovation, and fosters better cities for good. Smart City Works VENTURE STUDIO takes early-stage ventures and corporate intrapreneurship focused on urban tech and the infrastructure market from seed to Series A or exit, through investments in human capital, operations, and business plan execution. In doing so, the STUDIO builds great businesses, expands much-needed innovation, and fosters better cities for good.


Energy Futures Initiative
• United States
• Think Tanks
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Distinguished Associate

  • Jan 2017 - Present

Nanyang Technological University
• Singapore
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee
• Senior Fellow - S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

  • Jun 2016 - May 2018

U.S. Department of Homeland Security
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee
• Assistant Secretary for Policy (Under Secretary equivalent)

  • 2009 - 2014

Georgetown University
• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee
• Adjunct Professor

  • 2006 - 2009

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
• United States
• Think Tanks
• 500 - 600 Employee
• Founding Director and Senior Fellow

  • 2001 - 2009

U.S. Department of Energy
• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee
• Senior Advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Energy

  • 1998 - 2001

The White House
• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee
• Senior Advisor for National Security and International Affairs

  • 1995 - 1998

Ernst & Young
• China
• Accounting
• 700 & Above Employee
• Management Consultant

  • 1995 - 1995


RGTI Systems Software (now part of Northrop Grumman)

• Director of International Operations

  • 1992 - 1994

• Project Manager

  • 1989 - 1993

• Systems Software Engineer

  • 1986 - 1989