Summary
Justin Man is a seasoned technology leader and community architect with a decade of hands-on experience building front-end React/ES6 applications and launching digital services for governments and enterprises. He helped found and led the NYC Digital Service as Associate CTO and Executive Director, guiding inclusive, accessible city services and now advises state governments on modernizing safety-net systems. Equally at home shipping prototypes and making architecture decisions, he pairs deep technical craft with product and community strategy honed running some of the largest online communities at Huffington Post and Toptal. He has a track record of rapidly launching high-impact products, growing and managing global developer communities, and advising startups on product-market fit and partnerships. A former founder who built AI-driven community tooling, he brings a rare blend of civic tech leadership, hands-on engineering, and large-scale community operations. Based in the New York metro area, he balances public sector impact work with family life as an active dad.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Communications and New Media Studies, Communications and New Media Studies at National University of Singapore
International Baccalaureate, International Baccalaureate at UWC Mahindra College
Bachelor’s Degree, International Development Studies (Honors), with a focus on South Asia and Synthetic Spaces, Bachelor’s Degree, International Development Studies (Honors), with a focus on South Asia and Synthetic Spaces at McGill University
English, French, Hindi