Before joining the Center for Investigative Reporting, Joaquin Alvarado served as Senior Vice President for digital innovation at American Public Media and Founding Senior Vice President for diversity and innovation at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. He is the Founder of CoCo Studios, which promotes media collaboration and game development for fiber and mobile networks. Joaquin was the Founding Director of the Institute for Next Generation Internet, which launched in 2005 from San Francisco State University.