Jesse is the Chief Impact Officer at DARO. Jesse has an extensive background in technology, startups, and the social sector and is passionate about information architecture, open data, user experience, software development, business analysis, and change management. He also specializes in coalition building, and in the mechanics of process design and governance that enable successful large-scale collaborations.

Jesse has led the design and implementation of multi-stakeholder collaborative/collective data use initiatives in Africa, the USA and Canada, and been a key contributor to the International Aid Transparency Initiative and GivingTuesday’s Data Commons. He has a unique track record leading sectoral transformation in philanthropy and international development, and regularly works with major social purpose organizations on systems level questions related to data strategy and the use of data for good.

Prior to co-founding DARO and Powered by Data, Jesse successfully founded both a non-profit bike coop and a decentralized energy company, and also owned and ran a working farm.