Robert Brennan Hart

Robert Brennan Hart currently serves as the Executive Vice President of Social Impact at the Electronic Recycling Association and has been recognized by the United Nations Foundation as one of the world's Top 70 Digital Leaders and Avenue Magazine as a Top 40 Under 40 digital luminary. As the founder and former CEO of the Canadian Cloud Council and Politik, Robert is a globally recognized advocate for the advancement of a more equitable and enlightened digital society and has participated as a member of the United Nations Global Digital Council, DocuSign global advisory board, and HotTopic’s Meaningful Business steering committee. Previous to joining the ERA, Robert served as the Chief Community Officer at Abaxx Technologies and Executive Producer of the Smarter Markets podcast.

Articles by Robert Brennan Hart

Combating e-waste and the growing digital divide | An interview with the founder of Electronic Recycling Association

With new devices imploring hapless consumers to buy them every couple of months, can anyone be blamed for finding themselves in a pile of out-dated and unused technology?

The CIOs of University of Alberta and Calgary Drop In-Centre examine Alberta’s great digital transition

Calgary, the historical heart of the Canadian oil and gas industry, is at a once-in-an-epoch inflection point that will determine our destiny for this next millennium and beyond.

Three digital leaders examine the future of urban innovation

In the private sector, every successful company has matured into a technology-centric organization; and inevitably, every propitious city will be compelled to embark upon a similar evolutionary trajectory.

Helen Wetherley-Knight, CIO of Calgary Drop-In Centre’s Philosophy of Women in IT

Helen Wetherley Knight’s grandmother was a mathematician in Australia in the 1940s. When she got married, she could only find work as a math...

What exactly is digital transformation anyways?

Co-Written by Edward Wilson-Smythe and David Kincaid Digital innovation is now a ubiquitous part of corporate strategy. From simplistic approaches to social, mobile, analytics and...

American History in Binary Code – An Interview with Vasu Jakkal, CMO of FireEye

An interview with Vasu Jakkal, EVP and CMO of FireEye that explores how marketing practices have become weaponized in an era of mass social media platforms.

Technology as a catalyst for economic equality – Interview with Helen Wetherley Knight, CIO at The Calgary Drop-In Centre

How this emergency homeless shelter in downtown Calgary is improving its services with an innovative technology approach.

Vancouver CTO on Canada’s first municipal digital strategy

Five years into rolling out her digital strategy in Vancouver, Jessie Adcock is now pursuing a citizen-focused strategy and hoping to win a national challenge.

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