Michael Evans
Director Of Emerging Technology at City of Boston
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Evans is a technology leader with 15 years of experience directing civic innovation and digital services for the City of Boston, now serving as Director of Emerging Technology. He progressed from developer and designer roles to program leadership in the Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics, blending hands-on product craft with public-sector strategy. His background spans design technology, civic tech fellowship work (including leading an Open311 Dashboard project), and mentorship in open-source initiatives. He brings a rare mix of technical depth—grounded in a BS in Physical Chemistry from UCLA—and a designer’s sensitivity to user-centered municipal services. Known for translating complex urban problems into testable, deployable pilots, he focuses on practical, scalable solutions that improve city operations. Based in Boston, he combines institutional knowledge of local government with a studio-style approach to emerging tech.
15 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
UCLA School of Theater, Film & TelevisionBS, Physical Chemistry, BS, Physical Chemistry at University of California, Los Angeles
Github Skills (14)
web-application10
leaflet10
django10
infrastructure9
sounds8
coders8
python5
machine-learning4
retrieval-augmented-generation2
location1
polling1
responsive1
smarty1
react1
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
codeforamerica/open311dashboard
Mar 2011 - Mar 2012
Visualizing and analyzing Open311 data on one unified, customizable dashboard
Contributions:210 commits in 1 year
monum/gsoc-2022
Feb 2022 - Apr 2022
Google Summer of Code 2022 with the Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics: Guidance + Ideas
Contributions:29 commits, 28 pushes, 3 branches in 1 month
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