Contact:
email: sjwillis (at) willisbros.net
AIM: sjimwillis
Skype: sjwillis
Current Work:
- Principal, Banyan Social Technology. Currently leads a team of software developers, new media designers and project managers to provide mission-driven organizations the skills and tools necessary to affect positive social change.
Previous Work:
Chief Information Officer and Director of eGovernment for the Rhode Island Office of the Secretary of State Matthew A. Brown
Principal/Owner of eponymous consulting company specializing in data collection and analysis for public policy regarding mental health funding
Speaks/Presents:
Internet As A Public Good Symposium - 2007 Harvard, Boston
Romanian Open Source and Free Software Initiative - 2007 Brasov, Romania
Federal Election Commission Best Practices for HAVA - 2006 National Science Foundation Washington, DC
eGovernment Policy Conference- 2005 JFK School of Government-Harvard, Boston
Open Source Code in the Public Sector - 2004 MIT and Harvard, Boston
MySQL User Conference & Expo
LinuxWorld-Boston
Architecture and Infrastructure Committee, Emerging Technology Subcommittee - 2004 Washington, DC
eGovOS Conference (2003 Conference Committee and Presenter)
GSA’s Emerging Technology Subcommittee of the Architecture and Infrastructure Committee
Multiple Rhode Island state and local government events
Groups/Boards:
Technical Chair, Government Open Code Collaborative
Co-founder, RI Web Data Sharing Committee
Rhode Island Information Resource Management Board
Summit Neighborhood Association, Board Member
Writes/Blogs:
I’m occasionally asked to contribute to magazines and other publications. Here’s a sample from Federal Computer Week
Is Written About:
Numerous mainstream and trade media have covered my eGovernment work over the years. Here are a few of the more popular pieces.
My eGovernment work is featured as a case study in Maria Winslow’s The Practical Manager’s Guide To Open Source.