Recently joined First 5 Alameda County as Chief Impact Officer to lead their data/tech/research teams as we build out universal childcare eligibility and enrollment and a powerful assessment of all kindergarten kids in the county.Prior Chief of Programs & Technology at One Degree, a social technology nonprofit. My role covered product ownership, community engagement, account management, project management, design, UX and partnerships. Originally joining as Chief Data/privacy Officer, I co-created our innovation process, crowdsourcing initiatives, and championed DEI efforts.In 2018 I was the Data Evangelist for Measures for Justice, working to bring transparency to the Criminal Justice system across the USA, county by county. For the 12 years prior I was the Director of Research & Technology at the Urban Strategies Council, an Oakland based nonprofit advancing social, racial and economic equity. I also managed their communications efforts and our recent rebrand. I helped organizations and government use technology more effectively and share their data, oversee complex spatial research analysis, manage communications and advocate for opensource tech, open government and more open data. I've built and managed diverse teams and care about the people I work with as much as the work itself.I have extensive research experience in community development, housing, criminal justice, public health and education issues. I love data, visualization, GIS and strategic technology implementation, especially open source tech. I'm the co-founder of OpenOakland, a civic innovation organization focused on open government and civic technology. I am an outspoken supporter of open data and open government and speak across the USA about data driven decision making. I was chosen as one of Next American City’s Vanguard class of 2012 and was honored as a White House Champion of Change in 2013. I'm a dad of three girls, a husband and I fight against human trafficking, modern slavery, racism and white supremacy. I also run Stealing Beauty Photography. And I vaguely remember writing a chapter in the book beyondtransparency.org