Me by way of background, in reverse order:
My current focus is to provide facilitation support, advising services, and coaching to companies, non-profits, and foundations. Particularly on socio-technical issues, or where society and technology crash into each other.
Me by way of background, in reverse order:
My current focus is to provide facilitation support, advising services, and coaching to companies, non-profits, and foundations. Particularly on socio-technical issues, or where society and technology crash into each other.
I founded Computer Says Maybe to help organizations tackle complex data and technology challenges. We provide services, particularly on projects and with partners, that advance a shared understanding of how technology can and should shape our world. In that work, I’ve had the chance to work with fabulous teams at organizations like: Amnesty International, Data & Society, AI Now, Mozilla, Google, DeepMind, Shopify, Wikimedia, and many, many, more
I founded and directed The Engine Room, a global non-profit, after experiencing a gap. Savvy activist organizations had nowhere to go if they wanted help incorporating technology into their strategies. I wanted to change that.
I like supporting other people running important institutions I care about. I sit on the board of directors program committee at Mozilla Foundation, the advisory board of Foxglove, and I am a trustee of the Ada Lovelace Institute for AI & Society. I believe in the positioning and power of these organizations to change the sociotechnical conversation in research, law, and technology.
I also spend a lot of my time working with global human rights organizations, largely foundations, to grapple with the applications and implications of technology. I have worked as an advisory board member for: Open Society Foundations Human Rights Program, Luminate, and Open Technology Fund. I also served as a member of Technology Advisory Board of the International Criminal Court.
I have an itch for going deep on topics I can’t let go of. I spent some time in academia, to try and scratch these itches. This started with graduate work in media studies, researching the role that Facebook played in Egyptian political organizing in 2008-2009. I was also a fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Digital Impact Lab at the Stanford Philanthropy and Civil Society Center. I hold a BA from Colorado College and an MPhil in Media Studies from the University of Oslo.
