About SeeClickFix
SeeClickFix is a communications platform for citizens to report non-emergency issues, and governments to track, manage, and reply--ultimately making communities better through transparency, collaboration, and cooperation.
They say all politics is local. While we're not political, we do believe that changes that have a real impact on our daily lives occur at the neighborhood or city level. It's our goal to provide the best tools for residents and governments to communicate for all sizes, populations, and budgets.
SeeClickFix could not be done without help. On top of the passionate, fast-growing team of entrepreneurs at SeeClickFix, it is really only made possible by the amazing volunteers, citizens, and members of governments large and small who are passionate about everything civic.
Meet our team below, and read more about our friends http://seeclickfix.com/government.
Our Neighborhood
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Ben Berkowitz
Chief Executive Officer
Ben is a proud resident of New Haven, CT. The inspiration for SeeClickFix came from a desire to improve his own community with his neighbors and his government.
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Kam Lasater
Chief Strategy Officer
Integral to the Higher One technology team, he initiated the position of software architect and data architect while helping to scale to 2+ million users.
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Jeff Blasius
Chief Technical Officer
As senior architect for Yale's High Performance Computing Center, he led the organization through a 20x capacity growth in just three years.
MoreCloseOn Yale's production team he was essential to modernizing architecture and improving efficiency on core services of the university.
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Miles Lasater
As founder and COO, he led Higher One from inception to over 380 employees and over $75 million in annual revenue.
MoreCloseHigher One has received numerous awards for growth including Inc 500, Entrepreneur Hot 100, Deloitte Fast 50 and the UHY's Tech Top 40. Miles studied computer science at Yale and started his first "blog" in 1999.
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Daniel Stainback
As an experienced web designer and developer, my career experience has taught me the value of thorough design practices and elegant implementations.
MoreCloseMy background and military experience has given me a sharp eye and attention to detail, as well as a keen understanding of usability.
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Emma Richards
Previously a SeeClickFix Community Manager, Emma now oversees support of the company's growing roster of municipal partners as Director of Client Relations.
MoreCloseIn this role she is responsible for assisting existing clients and implementing SeeClickFix solutions with new partners. Prior to joining the team here in New Haven, Emma worked in media relations at Chicago PR shop Zapwater Communications.
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Jeff Mooney
Jeff's quest is to work with local governments, media outlets, universities and community groups to make the SeeClickFix solutions ubiquitous across the globe.
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Greta Hotopp
Having traded derivatives in San Francisco, London and Kuala Lumpur and foreign exchange in Tokyo, Greta got her MBA at Yale and has started up several niche financial businesses in New Haven.
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Dan Bernier
After working for over a decade with Hartford-area corporations, Dan is enjoying New Haven. He founded and ran the Hartford Ruby Brigade for a year.
MoreCloseHe supports open-source software, and released http://wordcram.org in 2010. At SeeClickFix, he'll keep the site growing and running smoothly.
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Ryan Mannion
Having spent the better part of the last three years working with local governments in Sub-Saharan Africa to develop community based programs, Ryan is excited to start working back at home.
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Zack Beatty
Zack joins us from the entertainment world, having spearheaded mobile and digital marketing efforts at EMI Music for more than 8 years, while in Los Angeles and New York City.
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Mike Cipressi
Mike graduated from Southern CT State University with his degree in political science. While at school he worked as Music Director for WSIN Radio and was active in the band pools are nice.
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Tim Neems
Tim comes to SeeClickFix with a desire to help communities and help keep SeeClickFix growing. Tim loves experimenting with latest and greatest in Rails and other new web technologies.
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Patrick Cousins
Patrick is an Android developer and enthusiast who sees touchscreen phones as the gateway to everything. Dabbling in do-it-yourself and home-automation, he hopes to control the entire world through his phone.
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Ben Westermann-Clark
BWC is a social media lover, public relations addict, and community evangelist wannabe. He spent 6 years managing communities for international digital music, event, and customer support companies.
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Devin Weaver
Devin is a motivated software developer with pride for quality. Always looking how to make things better.
MoreCloseAfter spending several years as an Emergency Medical Technician helping the local community he now uses his software development skills to make Mobile application that better the community.
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Julie Ramaccia
An enthusiast for civic communication and community activism, Julie joins SeeClickFix as the Account Executive to strengthen and foster relationships with our expanding base of government partners.
MoreClosePrior to joining the SeeClickFix team, Julie worked in admissions with the University of Dayton and has spent time digging in dirt on sustainable farms.