Our Staff
Kofi Callender
Academic. Compulsive problem solver. Entrepreneur. Kofi is a graduate of Babson Graduate School of Business with a concentration in entrepreneurship. He has taken the practicality of classroom theory and deployed it in service of urban entrepreneurship. Over the past decade, Kofi has worked with a number of corporations and startup developing growth strategies.
Gilad Rosenzweig
Gilad Rosenzweig is an urban planner and architect, and the founder of Smarter in the City. After a decade of design work in the residential and commercial sectors, Gilad transitioned to urban planning engaging primarily in projects that impact economically challenged neighborhoods. With a focus on lasting and equitable economic development in inner-city communities, he created a new planning initiative — Smarter in the City.
Chiso Okafor
Chiso is a Business and Education training and consultant whose primary function is to help businesses and organizations examine their current processes, identify critical issues, apply knowledge management systems necessary to reduce waste, lower costs, deliver results and stakeholder objectives.
Tim Buntel
Teams. He has built globally recognized software businesses for 20 years at companies including Atlassian, Adobe, Microsoft, and Allaire with an emphasis on developer tools and platforms; helping software developers build better software. Currently, Tim is VP of Products at XebiaLabs, a global leader in Continuous Delivery and DevOps software.
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