Washington D.C. Metro Area
- Current
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- Director, Innovation Exchange at Environmental Defense Fund
- Senior Editor at Personal Democracy Forum
- Facilitator at PolicyCommons.org
- Owner at Forum One
- Past
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- 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
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- Harvard University Kennedy School of Government
- Texas A&M University
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Dave Witzel’s Summary
"It takes a network."
Environment. Innovation. Networking.
Dave Witzel’s Experience
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Director, Innovation Exchange
Environmental Defense Fund
(Non-Profit; Environmental Services industry)
January 2009 — Present (7 months)
Working with EDF's Corporate Partnerships Program to broaden the impact of their existing company partnerships by accelerating innovation and adoption of innovations.
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Senior Editor
Personal Democracy Forum
(Internet industry)
April 2008 — Present (1 year 4 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.
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Facilitator
PolicyCommons.org
(Non-Profit; Myself Only; Government Administration industry)
1997 — Present (12 years)
Tracking development of the policy commons including people, products, events, priorities, and predictions at http://www.policycommons.org
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Owner
Forum One
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
1996 — Present (13 years)
Advise on internet-enabled business strategy, product approaches, and design. Conduct user analysis, develop personas, conduct user testing, prepare wireframes, manage design. Develop open-source, database-driven websites using SyntaxCMS, drupal. Primarily for groups focused on social needs including non-profits, government, foundations, associations, and corporate responsibility programs.
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Visiting Associate
Center for Global Development
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Think Tanks industry)
March 2008 — September 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.
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Information Systems Advisor
World Bank
(Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; International Trade and Development industry)
August 1994 — August 1996 (2 years 1 month)
Environment and policy research department
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Project Advisor
Harvard Institute for International Development
(International Trade and Development industry)
January 1993 — September 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.
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Programmer
VMark
(Public Company; Computer Software industry)
1986 — 1988 (2 years)
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Teacher then Computer Programmer
Peace Corps
(Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; International Affairs industry)
March 1986 — October 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!"
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Programmer
Syntrex
(Computer Software industry)
1982 — 1984 (2 years)
Dave Witzel’s Education
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Harvard University Kennedy School of Government
MPP , organizational dynamics , 1989 — 1991
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Texas A&M University
BS , Sociology, Computer Science , 1978 — 1983
