FEMA
Field Innovation Team
October 2012 – February 2014
New York City, NY
FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) is a US agency tasked towards disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, recovery, and education.
The Field Innovation Team brings together leaders from robotics, community justice, design, technology and beyond for impact oriented collaboration.
Role
Deployed to New York for Hurricane Sandy response to connect the formal to the informal, apply a wide variety of response technology I had helped manage the development of, and to work with OccupySandy and a diverse group of stakeholders. Help Occupy Sandy assess their growing logistics and communication needs, and helped them migrate from Google Fusion Tables to Sahana Eden. Awarded at the White House for these efforts.