CU Denver Alumni News | Notable Alumni

Tyler Svitak has built his career improving societal problems across Colorado at the intersection of technology, innovation, and partnership, earning him the 40 Under 40 Award from Denver Business Journal at the age of 33. As Executive Director of the Colorado Smart Cities Alliance, he is an ecosystem-building entrepreneur that established a new model for public-private partnership. The result of these partnerships are real projects demonstrating how technology can benefit society, which he’s done more than 100 times throughout his career working in government and nonprofit organizations, including the City and County of Denver, American Lung Association, and Colorado Department of Transportation. 

Tyler became the Executive Director of the Colorado Smart Cities Alliance in 2019, which is the first and largest statewide coalition of public, private, academic and research organizations committed to advancing smart cities initiatives. The Alliance develops project partnerships that leverage innovative technologies, like artificial intelligence, to improve challenges facing the state’s infrastructure. By partnering local governments with technology companies or research institutions around a specific problem, the Alliance has created a statewide laboratory for exploration of community solutions.