In 2015, I built the LA Mayoral Dashboard, which is used regularly by the Mayor and Senior Staff to increase performance and accountability; the dashboard has saved the city over $180K, and has been freely reused by other cities.
Enabling Data-Driven Decisions in LA
2015
How building a showpiece unveiled the real challenges of PerformanceStat
Partners & Case Studies
Boosting Government Responsiveness with Data Science: Helping ZenCity Make AI Real, and Really Useful for Small Cities
Enabling Data-Driven Decisions in LA: How building a showpiece unveiled the real challenges of PerformanceStat
Helping Start Startups in Sacramento: Building the Mayor's Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Sacramento to grow the region's economy
How technology can increase trust between law enforcement and residents: Starting with a simple text reminders, SPIDR Tech's platform now enables realtime communication and feedback between the community and government
Boosting transparency around police use of force: Data collection problems can stifle reform efforts that rely on data, such as the New Jersey effort to create an "early warning" system for abuse
Letting governments build their own workflows on CityGrows: Accessible and affordable workflow automation for local governments to replace paper forms and pdfs in minutes
Abhi Nemani