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Andrew HoppinNuams' co-founder and CEO Andrew Hoppin previously served as Chief Information Officer of the New York State Senate from January 2009-January 2011. There, he led the successful effort to deploy the first major New York State government website using the Drupal content management system, NYSenate.gov, which won "Best of New York" awards for Project Excellence. Andrew was awarded the 2010 New York State Public Sector CIO of the Year by GovTech Magazine, and was named one of the top 50 government CIOs in the United States by Information Week magazine. Andrew's... Read Andrew Hoppin's Full Bio |
Sheldon RamptonNuams' co-founder and CTO, Sheldon Rampton, previously served as the Senior Web Developer at the New York State Senate, where his responsibilities included installing, configuring and managing the site’s combination of 132 contributed Drupal modules as well as coding and maintaining the site's 24 custom Drupal modules. He built the features for live video streaming and video archiving of Senate sessions, hearings and committee meetings, as well as integration with the Senate’s OpenLegislation search portal, which enables people... Read Sheldon Rampton's Full Bio |
Aaron CouchAaron Couch is Nuams' Director of Engineering for Civic Solutions. He came to New Amsterdam Ideas with a background in leveraging social media for a number of social justice causes. His experience includes writing, web development, graphic design, and video production with organizations such as Project HOME, the American Friends Service Committee, the Media Mobilizing Project, Young Involved Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Independent Media Center, and others. Aaron's writing has been published in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News,... Read Aaron Couch's Full Bio |
Federica PelzelFederica is Nuams' Creative Director. Born in Uruguay and travelling the world, Federica used to lead Buenos Aires' city government Digital Platform team. Passionate about simple and usable design, OpenSource and civic work. |
Christiana KimChristiana Kim is Director of Operations at Nuams. She is the nicest operations machine you'll ever meet, keeping our respective trains running on time daily, triaging inbound communications about the company, and tackling a range of special projects. In her spare time, she is a professional pastry chef, adding some much needed balance-- and sustenance-- to our GEEKY operation. |
Paul de PaulaPaul de Paula is a Software Engineer specializing in back-end Drupal and Joomla systems administration, website themeing, and module development. He has previously served as business analyst, lead architect, and engineer for a range of industry clients ranging from airline ticketing to some of the largest news websites in Asia. |
Richard RobbinsRich has extensive experience in strategy, marketing, policy and tech. He worked for nearly 10 years at AT&T in a range of positions including AT&T’s “External & Legislative Affairs” policy organization, where he played an instrumental role in developing the company’s overall social media strategy. He has long been an early adopter of using connective technologies to drive public engagement and social change. For the 2008 election, he initiated and led AT&T’s groundbreaking partnership with the non-profit group Rock the Vote, helping attract 250,000... Read Richard Robbins's Full Bio |
Emily AllredEmily Allred is Chief Financial Officer at Nuams, and a consultant to small businesses and non-profits seeking to access alternative sources of capital. She has a particular interest in helping individuals, entrepreneurs and nonprofit organizations use financial tools to stimulate local economies, and in helping develop IT solutions for start-up and early stage organizations who are preparing to expand with access to crowdfunding resources. Previously, Emily served as portfolio manager of the Capital for Communities Fund, an international impact investing fund, as... Read Emily Allred's Full Bio |
Krista BrennerNuams' project manager Krista Brenner specializes in requirements gathering, documentation writing, and hands-on Drupal training for end-users. Prior to her work with Nuams, Krista led Member Services in the New York State Senate Office of the CIO, where she supported the technology needs of 62 Senators and their staff. She is also renowned for her successful track record in a variety of roles, including Campaign Manager, for myriad statewide political campaigns since 1999. While she may be a geek, Krista is particularly talented at empowering those of us who are... Read Krista Brenner's Full Bio |
Jim CranerJim Craner helps communities throughout the United States – nonprofits, governments, and institutions – plan and build awesome web sites and applications that meet their strategic needs. Over the past ten years, he's helped dozens of organizations harness technology to more effectively fulfill their missions. His public service experience includes stints in both Americorps VISTA and the Code for America Fellowship. He's also a passionate advocate of open source, open standards, open data, and open government. |
