Rachel Haot
Rachel Haot | |
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 Rachel Haot speaking at a conference in 2007 | |
| Born | New York, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Rachel Sterne |
| Occupation(s) | Entrepreneur, government |
| Known for | GroundReport, NYC Digital |
Rachel Gorelick Sterne Haot (née Sterne) is an American businesswoman and entrepreneur who currently serves as the Chief Digital Officer for the City of New York, heading the NYC Digital program funded by the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment.[1][2]
Career
In 2006, Haot founded GroundReport, a global crowdsourced news startup.[3] She also served as an adjunct professor of Social Media and Entrepreneurship at Columbia Business School.[4] In 2012, she was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum,[5] and serves on the digital advisory boards of Women@NBCU[6] and the 2014 Super Bowl Hosting Committee.[citation needed] She was recognized by Forbes in 2012 as part of their annual 30 under 30 list of "young disruptors, innovators and entrepreneurs"[7]
In 2011, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg named Haot to the post of Chief Digital Officer. Her responsibilities include developing the City's official digital roadmap[8], expanding the reach of city-subsidized free Wi-Fi in city parks and subways, working with graduate schools to create more engineers, and extending the city's reach through social media.[9]
Haot was interviewed by WNYC in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, where she detailed the efforts her office was undertaking to bring the city back to its feet from a digital infrastructure standpoint, especially in Lower Manhattan.[10] Haot also spearheaded the City's first official hackathon, "Reinvent NYC.GOV[11]," and the Reinvent Payphones Design Challenge, a competition sponsored by NYC Digital to promote the re-purposing of New York City’s public pay telephones.[12][13]
Personal life
Haot was born in Manhattan, and lived eight years in Brooklyn before moving to Dobbs Ferry, New York, where she grew up.[14] In July 2012 she married Max Haot, a Belgian-American who is the founder and chief executive of Livestream. The couple currently resides in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.[15] In 2011 Haot was featured in Vogue Magazine.[14]
References
- ^ "About NYC Digital". Office of Media and Entertainment, NY City. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ^ Paybarah, Azi (January 25, 2011). "The Woman Upgrading Bloomberg's Government: Rachel Sterne". WNYC. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ^ "Rachel Haot". Open Government Partnership. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
{{cite web}}: Text "Open Government Blog" ignored (help) - ^ "Columbia Business School Directory : Fac Staff Detail : Rachel Sterne". Columbia Business School. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ^ "List of 2012 Young Global Leaders Honourees" (PDF). World Economic Forum. July 20, 2012. p. 11. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ^ "WOMEN AT NBCU ADVISORY BOARD ADDS EIGHT PROMINENT INDUSTRY EXPERTS TO ITS DIGITAL COMMITTEE". New York, NY: NBC Universal. December 4, 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ^ Howard, Caroline (December 17, 2012). "Rachel Haot - 30 Under 30: Law & Policy- Forbes". Forbes Magazine. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
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- ^ Smith, Gerry (October 10, 2012). "Rachel Haot, New York's Tech Czar, Is The Woman Behind Bloomberg's Digital Vision". HuffPost Tech. Huffington Post. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ^ Zomorodi, Manoush (November 06, 2012). "New York City's Tech Sector Recovers After Sandy". New Tech City. WNYC. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ http://www.nyc.gov/html/digital/html/opengov/reinventnycgov.shtml
- ^ "Mayor Bloomberg, Chief Information & Innovation Officer Merchant and Chief Digital Officer Haot Launch Reinvent". IndyMetro. December 5th, 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "MAYOR BLOOMBERG, CHIEF INFORMATION & INNOVATION OFFICER MERCHANT AND CHIEF DIGITAL OFFICER HAOT LAUNCH REINVENT PAYPHONES DESIGN CHALLENGE". Office of the Mayor, New York City. December 4, 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ^ a b Green, Adam (October 25, 2011). "Tech Savvy: Rachel Sterne". Vogue. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ "Rachel Gorelick Sterne and Maxime Haot". Weddings/Celebrations. The New York Times. July 22, 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2013.