{{short description|American businesswoman and entrepreneur}} {{Infobox person | name = Rachel Haot | image = TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2016 - Day 2 (26906867406).jpg | alt = | caption = Haot in 2016 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{bda|1983|8|15}} | birth_place = New York City, US | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = Rachel Sterne | known_for = GroundReport, City of New York | occupation = Businesswoman | alma_mater = New York University | spouse = Max Haot (m. 2012) }} '''Rachel Haot''' (née '''Sterne''', born August 15, 1983<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2014/10/06/rachel-haot.html |title=The CNBC Next List: Rachel Haot |date=October 6, 2014 |publisher=CNBC}}</ref>) is an American businesswoman. She is currently Chief of Staff at Bedrock.<ref>https://twitter.com/GeoffLewisOrg/status/1770087860257038759</ref> Prior to this, she was executive director of the Transit Innovation Partnership,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.railwayage.com/passenger/rapid-transit/mta-genius-transit-challenge-winners-announced/|title=MTA Genius Transit Challenge winners announced - Railway Age|date=9 March 2018|website=railwayage.com|access-date=25 March 2018}}</ref> a public-private initiative of the Partnership for New York City and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/genius-ideas-fix-subway-system-article-1.3865437|title=Here are some genius ideas to fix the subway system|website=nydailynews.com|date=9 March 2018 |access-date=25 March 2018}}</ref> Haot was previously the chief digital officer and Deputy Secretary for Technology of New York State for two years.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/19/nyregion/cuomo-hires-new-york-citys-chief-digital-officer.html?_r=0 | work=The New York Times | first=Thomas | last=Kaplan | title=Cuomo Hires New York City's Chief Digital Officer | date=18 December 2013}}</ref> Prior to this role, Rachel was Chief Digital Officer for the City of New York from January 2011 to December 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/digital/html/about/about.shtml|title=About NYC Digital|publisher=Office of Media and Entertainment, NY City|access-date=9 January 2013}}</ref><ref name="Paybarah">{{cite web|url=http://www.wnyc.org/articles/wnyc-news/2011/jan/25/woman-wholl-upgrade-bloombergs-government-rachel-sterne/|title=The Woman Upgrading Bloomberg's Government: Rachel Sterne|last=Paybarah|first=Azi|date=January 25, 2011|publisher=WNYC|access-date=9 January 2013}}</ref> She co-founded and ran GroundReport between 2006 and 2010.<ref name="Forbes">{{cite magazine | last=Pozin| first=Ilya| title =20 Entrepreneurs Shaking Up New York's Tech Scene| magazine = Forbes| date =13 November 2014 | url =https://www.forbes.com/sites/ilyapozin/2014/09/13/20-entrepreneurs-shaking-up-new-yorks-tech-scene/#30d008dc2260| access-date =10 November 2016}}</ref>
==Early life== Haot was born in 1983 in Manhattan to parents Paul Sterne, a former IBM managing director, and Anna Sterne, the director of patient services at a nonprofit healthcare organization.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news | title =Rachel Sterne and Maxime Haot| newspaper =The New York Times| date =22 July 2012 | url =https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/22/fashion/weddings/rachel-gorelick-sterne-and-maxime-haot-weddings.html| access-date =19 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="GAD">{{cite news | title =Women 3.0: Rachel Haot | publisher =Gadchick | date =12 December 2012 | url =http://www.gadchick.com/2012/12/women-30-rachel-haot.html| access-date =19 April 2017}}</ref> Haot largely grew up in Park Slope, Brooklyn<ref name="Green">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.vogue.com/magazine/article/tech-savvy-rachel-sterne/|title=Tech Savvy: Rachel Sterne|last=Green|first=Adam|author2=Sebastian Kim|date=October 25, 2011|magazine=Vogue|access-date=9 January 2013}}</ref> and Dobbs Ferry, New York.<ref name="GAD"/><ref name="Urban">{{cite news | last=Dube| first=Ilene| title =Rachel Haot: Making a Better World with Technology | publisher =Urban Agenda Magazine| date =2013 | url =http://www.urbanagendamagazine.com/rachel-haot/| access-date =19 April 2017}}</ref> She graduated from Dobbs Ferry High School in 2001.<ref name="Patch">{{cite news | last=Bert| first=Alison| title =Dobbs Ferry's Class of 'Spirit and Service' | publisher =Patch| date =20 June 2011 | url =https://patch.com/new-york/rivertowns/dobbs-ferrys-class-of-spirit-and-service| access-date =19 April 2017}}</ref> She graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree in history from New York University in 2005.<ref name="NYT"/><ref name="GAD"/><ref name="Guardian">{{cite news | title =Speakers| newspaper =The Guardian| date =2 February 2011 | url =https://www.theguardian.com/activate/new-york-speakers| access-date =19 April 2017}}</ref>
==Career== ===Ground Report=== From 2006 to 2010, Haot was one of the founders of GroundReport, a global crowdsourced news startup.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.opengovpartnership.org/author/rachel-haot/|title=Rachel Haot |work=Open Government Partnership Blog |publisher=Open Government Partnership|access-date=9 January 2013}}</ref>
===Columbia Business School=== In 2011 Haot taught a course<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://socialstartup.tumblr.com/syllabus|title=Syllabus for Social Media and Entrepreneurship, Columbia Business School|website=socialstartup.tumblr.com|access-date=2016-06-05}}</ref> on Social Media and Entrepreneurship at Columbia Business School<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/courses/mba/2011/spring/b9601-071|title=Social Media and Entrepreneurship|date=2013-03-18|website=Courses at Columbia Business School|access-date=2016-06-05}}</ref> as an adjunct professor.
===New York City=== In 2011, Katherine Oliver (Commissioner of The New York City Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting) named Haot to the post of Chief Digital Officer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/media/story/2011/01/the-city-gets-a-chief-digital-officer-rachel-sterne-000132/|title=The city gets a chief digital officer: Rachel Sterne|website=POLITICO Media|date=24 January 2011 |access-date=2016-06-15}}</ref>
Haot's office hosted the ''Reinvent Payphones Design Challenge'', a competition to promote the re-purposing of New York City’s public pay telephones for the digital age, which garnered over 100 submissions from design firms and universities and was the precursor to LinkNYC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indymetro.com/2012/12/05/mayor-bloomberg-chief-information-innovation-officer-merchant-and-chief-digital-officer-haot-launch-reinvent/|title=Mayor Bloomberg, Chief Information & Innovation Officer Merchant and Chief Digital Officer Haot Launch Reinvent|date=December 5, 2012|publisher=IndyMetro|access-date=9 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.c0935b9a57bb4ef3daf2f1c701c789a0/index.jsp?pageID=mayor_press_release&catID=1194&doc_name=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nyc.gov%2Fhtml%2Fom%2Fhtml%2F2012b%2Fpr457-12.html&cc=unused1978&rc=1194&ndi=1|title=MAYOR BLOOMBERG, CHIEF INFORMATION & INNOVATION OFFICER MERCHANT AND CHIEF DIGITAL OFFICER HAOT LAUNCH REINVENT PAYPHONES DESIGN CHALLENGE|date=December 4, 2012|publisher=Office of the Mayor, New York City|access-date=9 January 2013}}</ref> Haot led the relaunch of official City of New York website [https://nyc.gov],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mashable.com/2013/10/07/nyc-gov-website-redesign/#hX0UPUIcCsq2|title=NYC.gov Overhaul Fuses High-Tech and Helvetica|first=Fran|last=Berkman|website=mashable.com|access-date=25 March 2018}}</ref> integrating city services, realtime data, cloud-based scalability and responsive design. Haot also oversaw policy and strategy for the launch of New City's top-level domain, .nyc.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://statetechmagazine.com/article/2013/07/nyc-top-level-domains-approved-heres-what-you-need-know|title=.NYC Top-Level Domains Approved: Here's What You Need to Know|date=3 July 2013|website=statetechmagazine.com|access-date=25 March 2018}}</ref>
=== New York State=== As Chief Digital Officer for New York State, Haot was responsible for digital products, programs and policy. Haot led the relaunch of State website ny.gov in November 2014, overhauling design and architecture. The well-received update was the first major change in over 15 years.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-state-website-gets-a-reboot-1415848390|title=New York State Website Gets a Reboot|first=Colleen|last=Wilson|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=13 November 2014|access-date=25 March 2018|via=www.wsj.com}}</ref> Haot's team was also responsible for digital content production and social media engagement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fastcompany.com/3038491/inside-nygovs-first-redesign-in-15-years|title=Inside NY.gov's First Redesign In 15 Years|date=13 November 2014|website=fastcompany.com|access-date=25 March 2018}}</ref>
In March 2015, Haot appeared on NY1 to highlight the Governor's $500 million universal broadband program, which was later passed by the legislature.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/inside-city-hall/2015/03/18/ny1-online--state-official-talks-governor-s-proposal-to-expand-broadband-to-underserved-areas.html|title=NY1 Online: State Official Talks Governor's Proposal to Expand Broadband to Underserved Areas}}</ref> On the first anniversary of the NY.gov relaunch, New York State announced record breaking digital growth, including quadrupled page views and doubled users, a year after the design and technology overhaul.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtech.com/data/This-Week-in-Civic-Tech-Boston-Rethinks-City-Hall-NYgov-Redesign-Doubles-Traffic.html|title=This Week in Civic Tech: Boston Rethinks City Hall, NY.gov Redesign Doubles Traffic, GovDelivery Hits 100M Subscribers|website=www.govtech.com|access-date=25 March 2018}}</ref>
===1776=== In January 2016, Haot announced that she was resigning from the State to join global incubator and seed fund 1776 as Managing Director, applying her experience to help startups navigate government and bringing together policymakers, entrepreneurs, institutions and investors to support economic growth.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20160107/TECHNOLOGY/160109918/new-york-state-digital-czar-jumps-to-venture-fund|title=New York state digital czar jumps to venture fund|first=Matthew|last=Flamm|website=crainsnewyork.com|date=7 January 2016|access-date=25 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://solve.mit.edu/users/rachel-haot|title=Rachel Haot |publisher=MIT |access-date=22 August 2024}}</ref> Haot left 1776 in August 2017.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://statescoop.com/after-new-york-expansion-rachel-haot-exits-1776-startup-accelerator/|title=After New York expansion, Rachel Haot exits 1776 startup accelerator|publisher=State Scoop|access-date=22 August 2024}}</ref>
===Transit Innovation Partnership=== At the Transit Innovation Partnership, Haot spearheaded initiatives including the MTA live subway map built pro bono by design firm Work & Co, and the Transit Tech Lab, which enabled the MTA to test technology for bus route planning, predictive bus maintenance and subway platform crowding detection.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.govtech.com/fs/startups-to-partner-with-nyc-agencies-as-part-of-transit-lab.html|title = Startups to Partner with NYC Agencies as Part of Transit Lab| date = 3 March 2020}}</ref> "Helvetica" filmmaker Gary Hustwit directed a short film titled [https://vimeo.com/469980256 "The Map"] about the making of the live subway map. The map has won numerous awards including a Webby Award <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://new.mta.info/press-release/mta-wins-2021-webby-awards-groundbreaking-live-subway-map/|title = MTA Wins 2021 Webby Awards for Groundbreaking Live Subway Map|date = 18 May 2021}}</ref> and a Cannes Gold Lion Award.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.progressiverailroading.com/rail_industry_trends/news/MTA-subway-map-wins-Gold-Lion-award--63844|title = MTA subway map wins 'Gold Lion' award| date = 25 June 2021}}</ref>
===Bedrock=== Haot is currently Chief of Staff at Bedrock.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.sourcery.vc/p/sourcery-satya-nadella|title=Sourcery ✨ Satya Nadella|publisher=Sourcey|access-date=22 August 2024}}</ref>
==Awards== She has been named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www3.weforum.org/docs/YGL12/WEF_YGL_HonoureesClass_2012.pdf|title=List of 2012 Young Global Leaders Honourees|date=July 20, 2012|publisher=World Economic Forum|page=11|access-date=9 January 2013|archive-date=28 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728083015/http://www3.weforum.org/docs/YGL12/WEF_YGL_HonoureesClass_2012.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> and Chief Digital Officer of the Year in 2014 by the CDO Summit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cdoclub.com/rachel-s-haot-chief-digital-officer-for-new-york-state-to-keynote-at-the-cdo-summit-april-22-23-at-time-warner-in-nyc/|title=Rachel S. Haot Chief Digital Officer at New York State named CDO of the Year 2014 by CDO Club [VIDEO] - CDO Club|first=David|last=Mathison|date=6 May 2014|website=cdoclub.com|access-date=25 March 2018}}</ref> She has been recognized as a "30 Under 30" leader by ''Fortune'' <ref>{{cite news|last=Roberts|first=Daniel|title=40 under 40|url=https://money.cnn.com/gallery/magazines/fortune/2013/09/19/40-under-40.fortune/40.html?iid=40Under13_fl_list|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130924065928/http://money.cnn.com/gallery/magazines/fortune/2013/09/19/40-under-40.fortune/40.html?iid=40Under13_fl_list|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 24, 2013|work=Fortune|publisher=Fortune|access-date=2 October 2013|date=19 September 2013}}</ref> and ''Forbes'',<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/mlj45kdmm/rachel-hoat/|title=Rachel Haot - 30 Under 30: Law & Policy- Forbes|last=Howard|first=Caroline|author2=Michael Noer |date=December 17, 2012|magazine=Forbes Magazine|access-date=9 January 2013}}</ref> and was honored at the City and State Above & Beyond Awards in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cityandstateny.com/2/city-and-state-announces-above-and-beyond-winners.html#.VV9W20_BwXA |title=City & State - City & State Announces Above & Beyond Winners |website=www.cityandstateny.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150305180800/http://www.cityandstateny.com/2/city-and-state-announces-above-and-beyond-winners.html |archive-date=2015-03-05}}</ref>
==Personal life== Rachel Haot lives in Los Angeles with her husband Max Haot, a Belgian-American who founded Livestream and is CEO of Vast,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.presstelegram.com/2023/08/11/long-beachs-vast-space-appoints-new-ceo-first-cto/ |first=Kristy |last=Hutchings|publisher=Press-Telegram |date=11 August 2023 |title=Long Beach's Vast Space appoints new CEO, first CTO}}</ref> and their children.
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