A pioneer in the smart city space in the Philippines, Kris R. Villanueva-Libunao, an Internationally Certified Sustainability Practitioner and Project Management Professional, is the Executive Director and Chief Sustainability Officer at SmartCT (Smart Cities PH, Inc.). She trained under the ASEAN Smart Cities Leaders Programme of ASEAN Foundation and Data Stewardship under The Gov Lab of New York University . She is also a Smart Sustainable Cities Instructor with IoT Academy and International Telecommunication Union Academy (ITU-Academy).

With almost a decade of policy research consultancies with government agencies, international government organizations, and private companies, Kris’ current commitment is to create a movement transforming how the world thinks, does, and plans smart cities in the Philippines and developing countries.