Lisa Gelobter Appointed New NYC CTO
The NYC Office of Technology has announced the appointment of Lisa Gelobter as the city's new Chief Technology Officer. In her new role, Gelobter will lead the city's technology strategy with a focus on digital equity and improving city services.
- Lisa Gelobter graduated from Brown University with a degree in Computer Science, concentrating in artificial intelligence and machine learning, and was part of the senior management team for the launch of the streaming service Hulu. - During the Obama administration, she served as the Chief Digital Service Officer for the U.S. Department of Education, where she led the team that built the College Scorecard, a tool that helped increase national college graduation rates by 1.5%. - As an entrepreneur, Gelobter founded tEQuitable, a platform designed to address workplace bias, harassment, and discrimination, and raised over $2 million in venture capital for the startup. - Her early career includes leading the development of Shockwave at Macromedia, a multimedia platform that was a forerunner to Flash and was instrumental in bringing animation and interactivity to the web. - Gelobter's focus on digital equity will address a significant need in the city, as approximately 30% of New York City households do not have both mobile and home broadband service. - The Chief Technology Officer role she is stepping into was consolidated under the Office of Technology & Innovation (OTI), which also oversees the Mayor's Office of Data Analytics (MODA) and NYC Cyber Command (NYC3). - She joins a city government that has recently launched a Digital Equity Roadmap and has been investing in initiatives like Big Apple Connect to provide free internet to residents in public housing.
