Gene is the Assistant Deputy Minister of Digital Design and Delivery and Chief Digital Officer at Alberta Technology and Innovation, where he leads the province’s digital transformation efforts.

Prior to that he served the Executive Director of Outreach at Communications and Public Engagement where his team launched multiple award-winning advertising campaigns and successfully unified dozens of government websites.

Before joining the Alberta Government, Gene helped found one of Canada’s leading experience design consulting firms, working with clients across the country to launch sophisticated digital products and services and plan their digital transformations.