Holly Orr
Chief Information Officer
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolHolly Orr is a seasoned technology leader and current Chief Information Officer in New York with over a decade of experience building data-driven systems, particularly in geospatial and transportation domains. She combines hands-on engineering—ETL, GIS, PostgreSQL/PostGIS and cloud architectures—with customer-facing roles at SaaS vendors like CARTO and Placer.ai, translating technical complexity into actionable business value for enterprise clients. Holly has driven measurable impact at scale, from improving billion-dollar budgeting accuracy and cutting Pre-K busing costs to managing ARR portfolios and onboarding Fortune 500 customers. Her background in academia and public sector roles (NYU, NYC DOE) reflects a talent for teaching technical concepts, launching synchronous global courses, and fostering open-source community engagement. Known for establishing Agile practices, data governance, and self-service training platforms, she blends strategic roadmapping with pragmatic execution.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
GIS Certificate, GIS Certificate at University of WashingtonBA Political Science / Geography & Urban Studies, BA Political Science / Geography & Urban Studies at UNC Chapel Hill / Temple UniversityMaster of Science (MS) Information and Knowledge Strategy, Master of Science (MS) Information and Knowledge Strategy at Columbia UniversityCertificate Computer Programming, Certificate Computer Programming at NSCC
Github Skills (2)
react1
mhealth1
Github contributions (5)
orrholly/Python-Batch-Geocode-Google-API
May 2016 - May 2016
Contributions:26 commits in 8 days
nyu-mhealth/FDA-WebApp-Code
Apr 2016 - May 2016
Contributions:91 pushes, 2 branches in 1 month
leafletbrooklyntrackingmapgentrification
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