Dr. Sylvie Albert is a Professor of Leadership, Innovation and Strategy, the past Dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics and Continuing Education at the University of Winnipeg; and the past Associate Dean of the Faculty of Management at Laurentian University. Prior to academia, she presided over a management consulting firm, Planned Approach Inc., a company that leveraged investments to assist municipalities on community development projects; to develop strategic plans, fibre optic and wireless networks; as well as programs in elearning, ehealth, and other online applications. She also spent time as Executive Director of two community economic development corporations.

In research, Dr. Albert has been active in sharing examples of smart/intelligent/sustainable city development internationally and is currently looking at private sector strategies contributing to sustainability. She has and continues to contribute to Board governance (private and non-profit) and brings strategy development and implementation knowledge to organizations.