Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is one of the most urbanized regions in the world. However, only a small number of the cities in the region could be considered as " smart cities". Nevertheless, many municipalities are working to maximize the potential provided by the use of information and communication technologies to improve the lives of their inhabitants. The … [Read more...] about Is my city ready to become a smart city?
Alfredo Molina Ledesma
Alfredo is an Industrial and Systems Engineer and has a Master's Degree in Quality and Productivity Systems from Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM). He also has the Beyond Smart Cities: Emerging Design and Technology Diploma from the MIT Media Lab, and a Diploma in Business Finance from the EBC. Alfredo is a partner at Deloitte Asesoría Financiera and has experience in strategic, business and planning consulting in Mexico, Spain, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Colombia, the Dominican Republic and Panama. He has worked with the public, private and multilateral sectors. It focuses on planning, defining strategies and developing business models for the development of smart cities, social, energy and transportation infrastructure. In addition, he is the leading partner of Deloitte's Smart Cities initiative in S-Latam (except Brazil and Chile) and a global smart cities ambassador at Deloitte. He is also a Smart Cities Project Fellow with the World Economic Forum for Latin America.