Mike Godwin
Advisor at Internet Society
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMike Godwin is an advisor and seasoned product and privacy counsel with three decades of experience shaping internet law, policy, and technology governance across nonprofits, industry, and government-facing roles. He advises on AI/ML provenance, content and privacy policy, and international regulatory strategy, having led GenAI provenance policy at Meta and counseled startups on privacy-enhancing technologies. A former Wikimedia General Counsel and long-time Internet Society leader, he blends courtroom-caliber legal expertise with pragmatic product counseling and cross-functional program leadership. Mike also contributes to open-source documentation and front-end UX improvements (notably migrating Rill’s docs to Docusaurus), underscoring a hands-on interest in developer-focused communication. Based in Silver Spring, MD, he brings a rare mix of legal stewardship, policy advocacy, and technical literacy that helps organizations navigate complex trust, safety, and compliance challenges.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
J.D. Law, J.D. Law at The University of Texas at AustinPost-graduate fellowships, Post-graduate fellowships at Yale University
French, basic german, Spanish
Github Skills (13)
docusaurus10
documentation10
html9
css9
javascript8
seo6
data-visualisation5
data-visualization5
data-visualizations5
powerbi4
git4
birt4
svelte3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
rilldata/rill
Jul 2022 - Sep 2022
Rill is a tool for effortlessly transforming data sets into powerful, opinionated dashboards using SQL. BI-as-code.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer & Technical Writer
Front-end Developer & Technical WriterContributions:23 commits, 21 PRs, 89 pushes in 2 months
Contributions summary:Mike primarily focused on improving the documentation site for the Rill project. Their contributions involved implementing search functionality, fixing video embedding issues, and updating logos for dark/light modes. Additionally, the user migrated documentation, including enterprise-level information, to the Docusaurus framework, demonstrating a focus on user experience and content organization. They also addressed broken links and updated video links.
parquet-toolscsvanalyticsdata-setsduckdb
godzig/ecosystem-game
Apr 2021 - Jan 2024
Contributions:1 PR, 5 pushes, 1 comment in 2 years 9 months
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