Articles by Ricardo Martello

About Ricardo Martello

Ricardo Martello is the City Futures Manager at Logan City Council, responsible for leading the innovation and smart agenda for the City of Logan. With qualifications in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Urban Development and Sustainability, and Natural Resource Economics, Ricardo has experience in the private and public sector in both Australia and overseas.

Local Government Partnerships for Innovation

At Logan City Council in Queensland, we’ve taken a different approach to influencing change by harnessing the power of collaborative partnership. We’ve done this through focused initiatives involving community, universities and secondary schools, social innovators, change-makers, entrepreneurs, and our own staff.
One of the key drivers was to tap into the community of experts who were mentoring startups in neighbouring cities. Because that knowledge was leaving our city, local startups were following. The idea was keep both within Logan’s boundaries to strengthen Logan’s entrepreneurial ecosystem and deliver benefits back to our local community.