Summary
Wes Weaver is a Philadelphia-based Director of Analytics with a decade of experience turning geospatial and criminal justice data into actionable policy, transparency, and community-facing tools. He leads the DAO DATA Lab, supervising analysts, engineers, and managers to support policy, communications, intergovernmental collaboration, and election protection work. With roots in photogrammetry and geospatial production, he blends technical skills in GIS and data engineering with a public-policy mindset to open government data and advance criminal justice reform. Known for building partnerships with researchers and community organizations, he helps policymakers test hypotheses and make evidence-based decisions. An early practitioner of opening official data in his office, he pairs hands-on analytics leadership with a history of grassroots organizing that informs his focus on transparency and civic impact.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
B.A., Geography and Urban Studies, cum laude, B.A., Geography and Urban Studies, cum laude at Temple University
M.U.S.A., Urban Spatial Analytics, M.U.S.A., Urban Spatial Analytics at University of Pennsylvania