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As urbanization continues to accelerate, the need for cities to become more productive, efficient, and sustainable has never been greater. Innovative approaches and technologies are essential to address challenges such as resource management, transportation, and quality of life. How can we design and implement strategies to build the cities of the future? As a part of this series, I had the distinct pleasure of interviewing Rob Thornton.
Thank you for joining us! To start, can you share a bit about your early background and how it influenced who you are today?
I grew up in a small town in Rhode Island where we played outside all day until the streetlights came on. We had a great crew of kids, riding our bikes everywhere, playing street hockey, touch football, kickball and we refereed our own foul balls, outs and safes. Looking back, fairness mattered, but it also shaped my instincts to advocate for a desired outcome.
My father worked for General Electric in Providence, RI where he was a plant facilities engineer, responsible for operations and maintenance of a small physical plant that manufactured light bulbs (he called them lamps…) I remember joining him on Saturday mornings to inspect projects and check up on systems.
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