Texas Talk with Gilbert Garcia | Beto Altamirano, Business Leader

Host Gilbert Garcia, columnist and opinion writer for the San Antonio Express News, talks with local business leader and aspiring politician, Beto Altamirano.   Beto Altamirano is the CEO & Co-founder of Irys, a company building AI-driven tools that engage communities to bring real-time visibility and data analytics to urban stakeholders. Beto's interest in public policy has led him to work at the Texas House of Representatives, United States Senate, White House - United States Trade Representative, and the Alamo Area MPO.  Beto’s involvement in public policy was recognized by the Aspen Institute Latinos & Society and the Center for Urban Innovation, where he served as a scholar, co-authoring reports highlighting the Millennial civic potential. Beto is a recipient of the MacArthur Foundation Grant, a Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneur list maker, a World Economic Forum Global Shaper, and a Presidential Leadership Scholar under the Clinton Foundation and George W. Bush Institute.  In 2021, Beto was appointed by San Antonio's District 1 to serve as a Board Member for the Port Authority of San Antonio, a public entity that manages a technology and innovation campus focused on aerospace, defense, manufacturing, and cyber security. In 2022, he was appointed to represent the United States as a Member of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe's Task Force on Digitalization in Energy. Beto holds a Bachelor of Arts in Government from the University of Texas at Austin and a Master's in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School, where he served as a U.S Latino Leadership Fellow at the Harvard Center for Public Leadership and as a Cheng Fellow at the Harvard Social Innovation and Change Initiative Center. Watch past episodes of Texas Talk at: https://www.klrn.org/programming/texastalk/