Summary
Jacob Pasner is an Assistant Research Professor at Georgetown’s Massive Data Institute who builds secure, privacy-preserving data linkage and governance systems for federal, state, and local partners. With eight years of applied experience spanning a PhD in particle physics to legislative work on Capitol Hill, he blends rigorous statistical and distributed-computing expertise with pragmatic policy design—having contributed to the National Secure Data Service and led data integration for California’s $60M UPWARD water-rights modernization. He currently architects a Secure Query Service for the IRS and an education data interoperability pilot for DC while advising the SBA on enterprise data architecture. Known for a “kindness-first” collaborative style, he accelerates cross-agency adoption of modern stacks (Python, Snowflake, Azure) and translates technical constraints into actionable policy. Raised on an organic farm, he pairs hands-on systems thinking with grassroots problem-solving, a perspective that shapes his focus on equitable, evidence-based public services.
7 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors Physics, Bachelors Physics at University of California, Davis
University of California Santa Cruz
High School Diploma N/A, High School Diploma N/A at Nevada Union High School
English