Dave Cole
Chief Innovation Officer
Haddonfield, New Jersey, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDave Cole is a technology and public-sector leader with 15 years of experience building digital products, operations, and strategy across government and startups. As New Jersey’s Chief Innovation Officer he leads human-centered, data-driven modernization efforts after shepherding resident experience and statewide COVID and unemployment modernization programs. Previously a senior executive at Mapbox and a White House technology advisor, he blends hands-on full-stack engineering (notably contributions to 18F and the Prose content editor) with enterprise-level product and international operations leadership. He has run cross-functional teams that shipped open-source government platforms and commercial mapping products, and once ran a competitive congressional campaign, reflecting a capacity to operate at the intersection of policy, technology, and public engagement.
15 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
BA Political Science and Government, BA Political Science and Government at Rutgers University
Github Skills (20)
javascript10
user-interface10
ruby10
jekyll10
css9
f9
federation9
liquid9
data-integration9
templating9
html9
backbone8
user-experience8
backbonejs8
ux-design8
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
prose/prose
Jun 2012 - May 2015
A Content Editor for GitHub.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:102 commits, 3 PRs, 5 pushes in 2 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Dave's contributions primarily involved modifying and enhancing the user interface of the Prose content editor. The commits show the user working on the `_includes/views/post.js` and template files like `about.html` to improve functionality and previewing of content. These changes suggest a focus on improving the user experience and the overall presentation of the editor, including updates to the display of metadata and the addition of features such as a content preview. Further contributions included adjustments to layout and style components of the application and fixes to existing components.
cmscontent-editor
18F/18f.gsa.gov
Jan 2015 - Jan 2016
The 18F website
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:8 commits, 5 PRs, 5 pushes in 1 year
Contributions summary:Dave primarily focused on enhancing the functionality and maintainability of the 18F website. They introduced automated data fetching through a plugin, integrating external JSON data sources. The user also addressed merge conflicts and restructured data files to improve the organization and presentation of team member information within the site. Furthermore, the user implemented changes to the team landing page and related plugins to accommodate the data structure changes.
federalistcssjavascript18f
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