José Felipe Otero Muñoz

José F. Otero is an adjunct instructor at the University of New York. He teaches courses on how digital technologies impact society, policymaking, and business.

His work experience includes research on public policy issues of information and communication technologies (ICT) for institutions such as the White House, the Caribbean Telecommunications Union, the World Bank, and IDB Invest. In addition, he is often invited to present his perspective before legislative bodies of the Americas, including those of Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, and other government entities.

Mr Otero is part of the Advisory Board that reviewed the methodology for the ICT section of the Global Knowledge Index published by the United Nations Development Project (UNDP) and the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation. He participated at the ITU Expert Forum on Telecom / ICT Indicators to help define ways in which the use of radio-electric spectrum can be measured more efficiently by government entities.

His academic background includes degrees in politics from Boston University, law from Cornell University and the University of Edinburgh, technology from Georgetown University, and social innovation from the University of Cambridge.