We are pleased to announce our new blogger for the Smart+Connected Communities Institute. Martijn Moerbeek created the blog Strategic Perspectives in which he will share strategic focus for city managers, policy makers and city officials in planning and implementing a connected community. Moerbeek will focus on his background in construction, property development, city planning, building services, information and communication technology and technology.
A little about Moerbeek...
My interest in this topic dates back a long time. I was born and raised in the Netherlands and choose to study Civil Engineering as the Netherlands, more than any other country, is shaped by how we transform nature and our surroundings to the benefit of our citizens, the environment and the economy at large. In reality, these are the three pillars of sustainability. From here on I moved into project management of large building projects (most notable inner city developments, office buildings and shopping centers) as I wanted to understand more how buildings impact on their users and occupants.
In my next role I joined a major building services providers as I realized that although architecture is important, it is really the services within a building that make it live. As part of this, I was responsible for their corporate strategy and I pushed for an intelligent buildings, a workplace 2.0 and managed services proposition which really started to form the basis of my appreciation of what S+CC can do.
In short, I have always been a believer in how the built environment and technology can shape and create environments that can provide answers to many of the pressing issues that our developing and already overburdened planet faces. I think my round experience has helped me in pulling all the puzzle pieces together. This experience includes, an appreciation of civil engineering, city developments, building services and ICT, how buildings and the built environment impacts on people and the environment, program management, engagement with policy makers, architects and all stakeholders in the construction/technology process, whole-life appreciation of built assets, in-depth architectural appreciation (my wife is an architect!), the latest technological developments and much more, and you can see how all this is now converging into the space that you call S+CC. What's more, I have extensive experience in penetrating new market spaces, business development and proposition creation so I know how I can bring new and innovative services with hard to quantify benefits to the market.
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