Summary
Justin Elszasz is a data scientist and civic technologist with 12 years of experience helping cities turn messy data into better public services, most notably as former Chief Data Officer for Baltimore. He now advises governments, mayors, and innovation teams through his practice Good Enough and serves as CDO-in-Residence at the Bloomberg Center for Government Excellence, blending hands-on engineering, no-code delivery, and strategic coaching. Justin has led municipal analytics programs from analyst to interim director, builds capacity rather than dependency on consultants, and sits on the board of Open Works Baltimore to connect making with civic problem-solving. Trained as a mechanical engineer (Columbia MS, Case Western BS), he brings an uncommon fusion of systems thinking, product development, and practical fabrication experience to public sector data and AI.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, B.S., Mechanical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Energy Systems, M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Energy Systems at Columbia University
Spanish