Biographies

Yolanda Martínez is a Digital Development Expert currently serving as the Sr Project Coord for the GovStack Initiative at the International Telecommunications Union where she collaborates with governments in accelerating the digital transformation of their services using standard-based, reusable digital public infrastructure/building blocks. Within the public domain, Yolanda spearheaded Mexico’s National Digital Strategy, oversaw the Digital Government Unit at the Federal Level, and directed the Zapopan Digital City Program at the municipal level. In the private sector, while at Deloitte Consulting, she championed numerous digital transformation projects. On the international front, Yolanda headed the Office of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in Chile. She partnered with United Nations agencies and the OECD to peer review the digital government strategies across various Latin American countries. @political has recognized Yolanda as one of the top twenty most influential people in digital government. She earned her Ph.D. in information and knowledge society from the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) and her Master’s from Carnegie Mellon University.