Dave Witzel

Current
Past
  • Visiting Associate at Center for Global Development
  • Information Systems Advisor at World Bank
  • Project Advisor at Harvard Institute for International Development
  • Programmer at VMark
  • Teacher then Computer Programmer at Peace Corps
  • Programmer at Syntrex
Education
  • Harvard University Kennedy School of Government
  • Texas A&M University
Connections
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Dave Witzel’s Summary

"It takes a network."

Environment. Innovation. Networking.


Dave Witzel’s Experience

  • Director, Innovation Exchange

    Environmental Defense Fund

    (Non-Profit; Environmental Services industry)

    January 2009Present (11 months)

    Working with EDF's Corporate Partnerships Program to broaden the impact of their existing company partnerships by accelerating innovation and adoption of innovations.

  • Senior Editor

    Personal Democracy Forum

    (Internet industry)

    April 2008Present (1 year 8 months)

    In addition to blogging, Dave is going to start writing a weekly round-up on e-govt, collaborative governance and all the new ways the business of self-government is being opened up by the net.

  • Owner

    Forum One

    (Internet industry)

    1996Present (13 years )

    Founder and member of board of directors of Forum One. No longer active in day-to-day operations.

  • Visiting Associate

    Center for Global Development

    (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Think Tanks industry)

    March 2008September 2008 (7 months)

    Studying potential for global public goods like open source software, open education resources, and distributed data to improve social outcomes in developing countries. Special focus on how these goods are managed in the public commons.

  • Information Systems Advisor

    World Bank

    (Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; International Trade and Development industry)

    August 1994August 1996 (2 years 1 month)

    Environment and policy research department

  • Project Advisor

    Harvard Institute for International Development

    (International Trade and Development industry)

    January 1993September 1994 (1 year 9 months)

    Organization and computer systems adviser for project to install database and LAN in Ministry of Finance regulatory agency in Jakarta Indonesia.

  • Programmer

    VMark

    (Public Company; Computer Software industry)

    19861988 (2 years )

  • Teacher then Computer Programmer

    Peace Corps

    (Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; International Affairs industry)

    March 1986October 1987 (1 year 8 months)

    Peace Corps volunteer in Kanye and Gaborone Botswana. Taught High School and implemented a teacher management data base system in the Ministry of Education. "Loved it!"

  • Programmer

    Syntrex

    (Computer Software industry)

    19821984 (2 years )


Dave Witzel’s Education

  • Harvard University Kennedy School of Government

    MPP , organizational dynamics , 19891991

  • Texas A&M University

    BS , Sociology, Computer Science , 19781983


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