{"id":1488,"date":"2023-08-08T12:53:58","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T12:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/?page_id=1488"},"modified":"2025-08-21T08:06:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T08:06:06","slug":"cristina-martinez","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/standards4dt\/cristina-martinez\/","title":{"rendered":"Cristina Martinez"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cristina Martinez<\/strong>
Deputy Head for Smart Technologies for Communities, European Commission<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div> <\/div>\n
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Cristina Martinez graduated in Science Philosophy, and has a master in Communication (Major) and another MSc in Telematics (Cum Laude).
She started her career in the United Nations working for an IT track and trace software project for railways in Africa, Asia and Latin-America. She then joined the Andersen Consulting company in 1998 to work for the Technology department as a solutions engineer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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She became a member of the staff of the European Commission in 2002. She worked as a senior administrator for research in the Information Society Directorate-General where she led the \u2018Enterprise Interoperability\u2019 cluster for many years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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From 2013 onwards, Cristina took managerial responsibilities as a Head of Sector, first, then as a Deputy Head of Unit in various departments: the \u2018Knowledge-Management\u2019 unit, the \u2018eInfrastructure and Open Science Cloud\u2019 unit and the \u2018Smart Mobility and Living\u2019 unit. Since January 2019, she is in charge of Smart Cities. Her area of expertise spans from digital policy and IT solutions to environmental sustainability, UN SDGs and societal transformation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Cristina Martinez is married and has three children.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/blockquote>\n<\/div> <\/div>\n

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European Commission<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>

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Deputy Head for Smart Technologies for Communities<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n\n

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