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Empathy Jam
A user-centered research & design event bringing together NYC residents & government to collaborate on ways to feel connected, supported & excited about creating our city's future.
Minerva Tantoco
Chief Technology Officer, City of New York
New York City
Ms. Minerva Tantoco is the first-ever Chief Technology Officer for the City of New York. Raised in Flushing, Queens, Tantoco is a product of New York City public schools and holds four US patents on intelligent workflow and is a speaker and author on mobile, security, big data, and innovation. With over 30 years in tech, Tantoco co-founded technology startup, Manageware Inc. while still in college, and most recently served as CTO at global financial services firm UBS. Tantoco is a strong advocate for encouraging more women to become involved with technology, and believes that technology can be used to improve education, especially in underserved communities, and that artificial intelligence applied to the massively growing amount of systems, data, and interconnections offers capabilities of which we have yet to dream.
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