Summary
Julienne Chen is a city-focused innovation leader with nine years of experience bridging urban planning, digital participation, and mobility policy across government and tech. As Head of City Partnerships at EIT Urban Mobility, she builds strategic collaborations that translate civic-centered research and product thinking into scalable city programs. Her background spans product management at CitizenLab, research on digital engagement in Singapore, and hands-on municipal innovation roles in Los Angeles and Louisville, giving her a rare blend of policy, design thinking, and implementation experience. Known for turning inclusive engagement methods into measurable city outcomes, she combines academic training from Cornell, UCL and Universiteit van Amsterdam with a practitioner’s knack for program delivery. An understated strength is her ability to move between tactical project delivery and system-level partnership building that helps cities adopt emerging mobility solutions.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc, Urban and Regional Studies, B.Sc, Urban and Regional Studies at Cornell University
MSc, Metropolitan Studies, MSc, Metropolitan Studies at Universiteit van Amsterdam
Bartlett School of Planning, Bartlett School of Planning at University College London, U. of London