Georgia Bullen

Work

Executive Director, Superbloom Design, previously known as Simply Secure, Sept 2018 ~ current

Simply Secure supports practitioners in putting people at the center of trustworthy technology. We provide professional education for user experience designers, researchers, and developers working on privacy, security, transparency, and ethics.

Advisory Committee Chair, Measurement Lab, Jan 2019 ~ current

Measurement Lab (M-Lab) is the largest open internet measurement platform in the world, hosting internet-scale measurement experiments and releasing all data into the public domain (CC0). M-Lab, a fiscally sponsored project of Code for Science & Society, advances network research and empowers the public with useful information about broadband and mobile connections, enhancing internet transparency, and helping to promote and sustain a healthy, innovative internet. Read more about the project or explore the data.

Director of Technology Projects, Open Technology Institute @ New America, Washington, DC, Jan 2016 ~ Dec 2018

Previous Roles at OTI

• Technology Projects Manager, Jun 2015 ~ Jan 2016
• Senior Data Analyst, Aug 2014 ~ Jun 2015
• Field Operations Technologist, Sept 2012 ~ Aug 2014

Projects & Publications

• Measurement Lab
  • Vizualization Revamp: Viz.measurementlab.net
  • Seattle Broadband Map Pilot
  • Alexandria County Public Schools Pilot
  • Research Support
  • M-Lab Measure Chrome App
  • Internet Observatory
  • M-Lab Interconnection Report
• Public Interest Technology
  • #MoreThanCode
  • Tech for Social Justice Project (previously Public Interest Tech Baseline Project)
  • TechCongress
• Commotion Wireless
  • Digital Stewards Program
  • Red Hook Wireless Project
  • Community Technology
  • Admin/Setup UI Redesign
  • Network Visualizer
  • Commotion Wireless Website Redesign
  • Local Applications, e.g. Tidepools
• Web & DataViz Projects
  • A Network Model of Broadband Adoption: Using Twitter to Document #DetroitFuture
  • Data.opentechinstitute.org – OTI’s CKAN Instance
  • Global Cyber Definitions Database
  • Visualizing Swing States in the Internet Governance Debate
  • NewAmerica.org
  • ISP’s Security Data Site
  • DataViz Brownbag Lunch Series

Data Visualization Specialist, Spatial Information Design Lab @ Columbia Univeristy, New York, NY

Projects

• THERE+HERE: Transnationalism and Migration
• Industry in Motion
• Here Now: Social Media And The Psychological City
• Made in Midtown

User Experience Designer, General Dynamics | Viz, Pittsburgh, PA

Projects

• CoMotion (Youtube Demo)
• TransViz, Supply Chain Management
• Secure & Mobile Comotion
• Command Post of the Future, Wikipedia, Youtube Overview

Freelance / Independent

Web Design, Hosting & Support

Projects

• Capital Rowing Club
• Global Sourcing Council
• jorgeviejo.com
• meredithsomers.com

WXY, New York, NY

• Boston School Choice

Sweetwater Organics, Milwaukee, WI

• AQUAPONS Learning Platform

Teaching

Johns Hopkins University, Aitchison Program

• Fall 2017, “Visualizing Data”
• Fall 2016, “Numbers, Pictures, Politics” with Lee Drutman

Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Presrvation, Urban Planning Program

• Fall 2013, “Civic Hacking”
• Fall 2012, “Civic Hacking”
• Spring 2012, “Mapping”
• Fall 2011, “Crowd Sourced City”

Education

• MS in Urban Planning, Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation
• BS in Psychology & Human-Computer Interation, Carnegie Mellon University

Awards

• 2017-2018, Practitioner Affliate @ digitalHKS, Harvard Kennedy School
• 2017, Mozilla Network50
• 2011, Peer-to-Peer Award, Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation
• 2011, William Kinne Fellows Prize, Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation
• 2008, Silver Eagle Award, General Dynamics C4 Systems
• 2007, Silver Eagle Award, General Dynamics C4 Systems
• 2006, Bronze Eagle Award, General Dynamics C4 Systems
• 2006, Drew Ross Memorial Award, Carnegie Mellon University Greek Community