On Sept. 19, 2016, Shelley introduced David Alston, Chief Innovation Officer of Introhive and the leading proponent of expanding the province’s digital footprint.
David is a marketing start-up entrepreneur, co-founder of Brilliant Labs, and a volunteer advisor to NB’s Strategic Program Review.
David has won many awards for his accomplishments in business, technology, and innovation. He shared his background in technology and his passion for promoting changes in the school curriculum as it relates to teaching coding in schools...
He believes that technology can be of assistance in improving the efficiencies of government and companies and that New Brunswick could become a leader in the digital world, just like the country of Estonia.
Estonia started from the bottom when the USSR broke up after the Cold War, and they decided to build their government on a digital ‘cloud’ type system even before the term “cloud” was in existence. David spoke about how Estonia is set up so the individual owns their own data and not the government or government agencies. Paperwork is minimal. Everything is integrated, and the system is very efficient in meeting the needs of its people.
David expressed his hope that the province of New Brunswick can become a leader in the digital world and is advocating this through his business and public talks.