Aimee Whitcroft - Global Thought Leader In Data Ethics And Governance

Aimee Whitcroft

Global Thought Leader In Data Ethics And Governance

Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

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Aimee Whitcroft is a global thought leader in data ethics, governance and open data with 11 years’ experience helping governments, NGOs and startups translate principled data strategy into practical programmes. She founded data 4d to advise on data governance, ethics and operationalisation, has led major public-sector open data transformations at Waka Kotahi and Stats NZ, and currently shapes international practice through roles at the Smart Cities Council and the Open Data Charter. Her work blends technical fluency—data management, metadata, DataOps and network graphing—with a strong focus on Māori data sovereignty, algorithm ethics and climate-related data governance. Aimee is comfortable operating across boardrooms and workshops, from building roadmaps and dashboards to running datathons and capacity programmes. Outside formal roles she volunteers in community spaces and conservation tech, bringing a pragmatic, systems-level lens informed by a science background and an unlikely past driving the full Mongol Rally.

11 years of coding experience

7 years of employment as a software developer

PDEM (Postgrad Diploma in Enterprise Management): Marketing Accounts Management Theory Strategy IS, PDEM (Postgrad Diploma in Enterprise Management): Marketing Accounts Management Theory Strategy IS at University of Cape Town

Various, Various at Various - ongoing learning

In progress - Master of Environmental Policy and Management Environmental Design, In progress - Master of Environmental Policy and Management Environmental Design at Lincoln University (NZ)

Course Principles of Branding, Course Principles of Branding at Vega

Attendee Ruby on Rails, Attendee Ruby on Rails at Rails Girls Wellington

English, Afrikaans, French

Stackoverflow

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Github Skills (7)

grep6

linebreak6

regex6

nextjs4

open-data1

commons1

creative-commons1

Github contributions (5)

genegrey/govhackwelly

Apr 2015 - Jul 2015

Contributions:91 commits, 11 PRs, 82 pushes in 2 months

govhacknextjswellington

genegrey/styleguide

Apr 2015 - Apr 2015

Contributions:1 commit, 2 pushes in 1 day

commonsstyle-guidecc-byreusecreative-commons

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