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Derek is an entrepreneur, developer and one of the leaders of the civic technology community in Chicago. He is founder and partner at DataMade, a company that tells stories and builds tools with data, and co-founder of Chi Hack Night when it was started in March of 2012. Derek has built and collaborated on dozens of civic and data applications including ClearStreets, 2nd City Zoning, Chicago’s Million Dollar Blocks, Councilmatic and Dedupe.io.

Committee positions

Event Operations
Communication & Promotion
Fundraising