Executives
Creating a new model to increase the speed of public sector innovation
Alexander Schmidt
CEO
I remove financing barriers to bring improvements from idea to reality
Stuttgart, Germany
Laura Reupke
CEO
Stuttgart, Germany
Customer Excellence
Nikita Shetty
Head of Markets & Partnerships - Northern Europe
Stuttgart, Germany
Gretel Schaj
Head of Markets & Partnerships - Southern Europe; Senior Governance & Digital Innovation Expert
Barcelona, Spain
Tamlyn Shimizu
Head of Markets & Partnerships - Global; Senior Communications Expert
Tamlyn Shimizu is the Global Partnerships & Communications Lead at BABLE Smart Cities – working to improve urban lives through collaborating more and sharing insights and lessons learned. She brings together companies and cities alike, with a particular focus on communications. On the BABLE platform, her focus is on community management and the facilitation of high-quality information for the scale-up of Smart City projects. Her passion areas revolve around accessibility and the intersectionalit
Stuttgart, Germany
Breogan Sanchez
Senior Mobility & EU Projects Expert - Global
Senior EU Project Manager at BABLE Smart Cities and MSc. Mobility and Transport Planning by the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris, France (2011).
For the last 15 years, I focused my expertise and research in the field of sustainable mobility demand and urban planning data analysis, cooperating in multimodal-based Transport and Land Use Models in Nice, Geneva and Zürich where I cocreated FaLC (Land Use and Transport Facility Location Choice) simulation tool for the Swiss Federal Of
Zaragoza, Spain
Cyrielle Clercy
Senior Sustainability & Innovation Expert - Global
Stuttgart, Germany
Cristian Verdaguer
Senior Procurement Expert - Southern Europe
Business Developer Iberia
Barcelona, Spain
Jorge G Coelho
Senior Digital Innovation Expert - Southern Europe
Jorge G Coelho is a civic tech leader and passionate advocate for human-centered design, boasting an impressive 19 years of experience at the intersection of local government and transformational projects. Currently serving as a Senior Smart Cities Advisor, he plays a pivotal role in catalysing the transformation of urban landscapes. Formerly the Chief Information and Innovation Officer at Faro Municipality, Jorge spearheaded digital transformation, modernization, and mobility initiatives within the municipality.
Faro, Portugal
Peter Portheine
Senior Investment & Development Expert - Global
Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Peter Griffiths
Senior Social Innovation & Economic Development Expert
Peter Griffiths helps people see and imagine cities differently. In December 2022 he joined BABLE’s smart cities team to help more places transition to net zero and increased productivity. As an urban thought leader and city strategist, he most recently explored how the shared micromobility sector can transition from start-up to critical infrastructure as a member of TIER Mobility’s global policy team. Before this, he worked for The London School of Economics and Political Science on the future
London, United Kingdom
Jeanne Tallon
Senior Communications Advisor - Global
Paris, France
Melike Nur Ülsever
Senior Climate & Funding Advisor - Global
With five years of experience, she specializes in translating climate commitments into structured, actionable roadmaps that deliver measurable impact.
Bonn, Germany
Naomi Milstein
Economic Development & Mobility Innovation Expert
Berlin, Germany
Lucy Aley
Funding & Governance Advisor - Northern Europe
Stuttgart, Germany
Charline Hoffait
Junior Sustainability Strategy & Operations Advisor - Global
Barcelona, Spain
Daniel Nunez
Junior Smart Cities Advisor - Southern Europe
Barcelona, Spain
Emilio Minaya Trujillo
Junior Smart Cities Advisor - Southern Europe
Barcelona, Spain
Fardin Aliasghari
Junior Communications & Project Delivery Advisor - Global
Stuttgart, Germany
Leticia Merolli
Associate Funding & Urban Innovation Advisor - Southern Europe
Barcelona, Spain
Amirah Ibrahim Bature
Energy Innovation & Economic Development Advisor - Northern Europe
A Chemical Engineer with an MSc in Energy and Environment Engineering. I turn sustainable ideas into funded, deliverable projects for cities and regions.
Stuttgart, Germany
Huy Dang
Junior Smart Cities Advisor - Global
Stuttgart, Germany
David Oklobia
Junior Smart City Advisor - Northern Europe
Stuttgart, Germany
Juno Pitkänen
Junior Economic Development and Climate Innovation Advisor - Northern Europe
Stuttgart, Germany
Adrián de la Torre
Urban Mobility Intern
Barcelona, Spain
Ann-Marie Uhlig
Associate Funding & Digital Innovation Advisor - Global
Ann-Marie helps cities secure funding for digital and sustainable projects, with a structured, data-driven approach rooted in sustainability governance.
Stuttgart, Germany
Leonhard Hemmerlein
Associate Economic Development & Climate Innovation Advisor Trainee - Northern Europe
Stuttgart, Germany
Larissa Mönch
Junior Smart City Advisor Intern - Southern Europe
Barcelona, Spain
Maria Chiozzi
Expert Funding & Digital Innovation
Stuttgart, Germany
Gabriela Kwasniewski
Junior Smart City Advisor - Southern Europe
Barcelona, Spain
May Al-Ali
Funding and Energy Innovation Advisor - Northern Europe
Stuttgart, Germany
Ecem Olhan
Associate Funding & Digital Innovation Advisor (Trainee) - Global
Ecem is an architect and urban designer who has worked on projects within the EU ecosystem, passionate about making cities more sustainable and future-ready.
Stuttgart, Germany
Finance
Sebastian Escobar
Senior Global Finance
Barcelona, Spain
Thilo Hartwig
Intern Global Finance
Barcelona, Spain
People and Culture
Natasa Cavka
People & Culture Manager
Stuttgart, Germany
Sandra Murukan Sajitha
Intern People & Culture
I am an international management student at Fulda University, Germany, currently working as a People & Culture Intern at BABLE Smart Cities in Stuttgart. I have experience in recruitment, operations, and international talent coordination, with involvement in onboarding and candidate evaluation across diverse sectors.
At BABLE, I am gaining hands-on experience in People & Culture within an innovation-driven environment and developing a deeper understanding of how smart city solutions are shaped by strong teams and collaborative work culture.
Stuttgart, Germany
Delivery Hub
Delivering the research, funding strategies and bids that move projects forward
Shannon Macika
Head of Project Delivery and Senior Climate & Funding Expert - Global
Shannon co-leads BABLE’s Delivery Hub and advises clients as Senior Climate & Funding Expert, connecting funding strategy and delivery across Europe and the US.
Washington D. C., USA
Héctor Cañas
Head of Project Delivery and Senior Funding Expert
Héctor is a Civil Engineer with a master’s degree in Environmental Process Engineering from the University of Stuttgart. Through his work and research experience, he has technical competencies in infrastructure development, environmental engineering, and renewable energies. He works in BABLE GmbH as a consultant on energy-focused projects developing roadmaps, feasibility studies, and implementation strategies.
Barcelona, Spain
Alfred Palacios
Senior Project Delivery Advisor
My passion for cities, the way they develop, their way of living, and their inner interactions have enabled me to engage in projects and research around the contemporary challenges of cities on an environmental and social level. My background as a designer combined with my M.Sc. in Integrated Urbanism and Sustainable Design has provided me with the skills to develop and implement strategic plans for the reduction of the negative impact of the cities and the creation of cities as places that prom
Stuttgart, Germany
Yamileth Salas
Project Delivery Advisor
Barcelona, Spain
Carlota García
Junior Project Delivery Advisor
Barcelona, Spain
Rana Gamil
Junior Project Delivery Advisor
Stuttgart, Germany
Lilly Unger
Intern - Project Delivery
I am a Masters student in Global Challenges for Sustainability, focusing on renewable energy and urban sustainability.
Stuttgart, Germany
Pieter Crince Le Roy
Junior Project Delivery Advisor
Barcelona, Spain
Product Development
Designing the tools that turn ideas into smarter realities.
Merijn de Been
Head of Product Development
Pamplona, Spain
Giulia Saetta
UX Designer
With five years of experience in design and an MSc in Service Design, she bridges user needs and business goals, making complex digital products more accessible
Barcelona, Spain
Growth and Revenue Operations
Shruti Bhalle
Working student - Growth and Revenue Operations
Stuttgart, Germany
Alex Barnby
Intern Growth & Revenue Operations
Stuttgart, Germany
Technology
Powering progress with rock-solid digital foundations.
Patrick Dinkelacker
Chief Technology Officer
Bring together the ideas of people and create software solutions for that
Stuttgart, Germany
Simon Barabas
Senior Developer
Stuttgart, Germany
Dídac Cerver
Senior Developer
Barcelona, Spain
Anthony Perez
Senior Developer
Stuttgart, Germany
Elisa Munoz
Developer
Barcelona, Spain