Articles by Peter Torrellas

About Peter Torrellas

Peter is a Fellow at the Center for Neighborhood Technologies and has held the position of Chief Technology Officer at Siemens Infrastructure & Cities. His portfolio included Logistics, Aviation, Passenger and Freight Rail, Ports, and Road and City Mobility. Peter has close to 20 years of experience in innovation and infrastructure and began his passion for making our infrastructure smarter almost a decade ago by successfully designing and delivering over $500M in software, hardware and IT technology for New York City’s transportation infrastructure.

Why Smart Infrastructure Often Looks Like a Unicorn

After years of working inside bigger and older companies (like Siemens) and also leading edge boutique technology companies (like Optym), I’ve found that one problem related to working with cities stands out from all the others. Cities, in general, have not yet...