What is Joshua Tauberer?
Joshua Tauberer is a software engineering manager and civic hacker based in Washington, DC, with a Ph.D. and extensive experience in scientific computing, data analysis, civic and government technology, and cybersecurity compliance. He is best known as the founder of GovTrack.us, a widely used educational website that helps millions of Americans track the daily activities of the U.S. Congress, which played a key role in catalyzing the open government data movement.
Currently serving as the Head of Product Development at LARSA, Inc., he manages the development of software used by multinational construction companies for designing complex structures like bridges. His side projects include Mail-in-a-Box, an open-source tool for deploying mail servers, and Iceberger, a viral web tool for visualizing iceberg flotation, along with various other web-based initiatives and blog posts on tech, data, and civic topics.
