GX Podcast Government Experience

Mr. Aquaro has more than 25 years of experience on ICT in public affairs, has been working for private sector and for international organizations. He holds a Master Degree (Laurea Magistrale) in Electronic Engineering from the University of Bari, Italy. In 2010 he was appointed as Chief of E-Government Branch DPADM, UN-DESA.Before joining the United Nations, for 10 years he was appointed as CEO of Formit Servizi SpA, an Italian corporate specialized in consulting for PAs, project management, ...

A veteran advisor to executive leadership in government and private sector across the globe, Mohammad is an Associate Partner at Ernst & Young - United Arab Emirates for the EY Consulting services in the AIM region.He is actively engaged in crafting and facilitating meaningful, impactful and socially conscious results for the Government & Public Sector. Prior to joining EY in 2014, he held senior executive roles in both public and private sector organizations including UK Government, ...

Dr. Jonathan Reichental is the founder of Human Future, a global business and technology advisory, investment, and education firm. Previous roles have included senior software engineering manager, director of technology innovation, and he has served as chief information officer at both O’Reilly Media and the City of Palo Alto, California.In 2013 he was recognized as one of the 25 doers, dreamers, and drivers in government in America. In 2016, he was named a top influential CIO in the United S...

Barbara Ubaldi is the Acting Head of the Division on Open and Innovative Governments within the OECD Public Governance Directorate. Barbara leads the work on digital technologies and data to enhance openness, efficiency and innovation in governments. She is responsible for country reviews, for monitoring the implementation of the OECD Recommendation on Digital Government Strategies and the Recommendation on Enhanced Access and Sharing of Data and for the OECD OURdata Index and Dig...

Hemang Jani is an experienced professional in public policy, governance and innovation systems. For the past two decades, he has worked towards improving public service delivery through technology, designing national innovation frameworks, applying technology and innovation in governance, and enabling private sector development at state, federal and international levels.Before joining as the Secretary of the Capacity Building Commission, he worked as a Senior Private Sector Specialist at the ...

Abdallah Abu-Sheikh founder of Barq And Rizek talks about Government Services.In 2019 Abdallah founded Rizek which is a service request application where user can request services across categories.In 2021 Abdallah founded Barq EV, electric vehicles manufacturer in UAE.Barq EV is the UAE's 1st drone delivery service provider which gained two Guiness records. Abdallah was on cover page of Entrepreneur magazine Middle East in May 2022.In 2022, Abdallah founded Astra Tech, a digital platfor...