Abbie Stein-MacLean @ Capital City Pilots, Edmonton Unlimited
Abbie leads Edmonton Unlimited’s Capital City Pilots – an Innovation Challenge program that calls on local innovators to address Edmonton’s challenges, both small and large.
Abbie is a seasoned leader in the Edmonton startup and scaleup spaces, she has led product, customer experience, and operations teams in multiple verticals. A product leader at heart, Abbie is an enthusiastic champion for finding the opportunity in every problem and crafting a strategy to get things done in an efficient and meaningful way.
As an advocate for the local sector, Abbie has consulted for and contributed to various provincial and municipal government publications and initiatives and has presented on panels at numerous sustainability and innovation conferences nationwide.
Abbie obtained a BSc in Biological Sciences, majoring in Molecular Genetics and a BA(Hon) in Linguistics. She is passionate about food, community, lifelong learning, and bringing out the best in everyone. In the warmer months, you can find Abbie in her back and front-yard gardens, on her bicycle or in the river valley. In the winters, she is teaching herself to play the ukulele and keeping up with her kids.
The Capital City Pilots project, led by Edmonton Unlimited in partnership with the City of Edmonton, calls on entrepreneurs with innovative solutions to answer a series of local and global challenges presented by the City. Pilots from this project will provide pilot-ready solutions to improve City operations, benefiting the City’s community, and growing the region’s innovative ecosystem.
Capital City Pilots opens the opportunity for entrepreneurs to develop pilot-ready projects, build valuable case studies, and gain practical knowledge to assist them in furthering their ideas and their companies to be investment ready. This approach creates more investable companies in Edmonton, attracts more global investors and talent, and brings innovative solutions within City Hall, Parks, and the Edmonton Public realm.