SeeClickFix Mobile Beta

SeeClickFix

Email: team@seeclickfix.com

Phone: (203) 752-0777

Address: 746 Chapel Street Suite 207
New Haven, CT 06510

Why we do it

Imagine a world where every citizen feels empowered and part of their neighborhood. Imagine if everyone trusted and felt taken care of by their local government. We know there are already a lot of involved citizens and hard-working local authorities and service people. We seek to use the power of the internet to bring them closer together and reach even more people.

The founders of SeeClickFix live in New Haven, Connecticut, USA, Planet Earth. We love our home (in fact one of our founders is well known for designing and and selling a local-pride T-shirt) and at the same time we know that any community can be improved. The most avid users of SeeClickFix will be those that love their home.

A few local governments have enough sophistication to run functional websites or 311 hot lines. Most do not have the resources to do much more than brochure-ware. Our site is a place for citizens from anywhere to give their local government a website that tracks local issues. No set-up time. No hiring consultants to study the issue. Just SeeClickFix.

We believe in the power of technology to promote:

  • Transparency - governments and most organizations work best when they conduct their business in plain view. We'll do our best to do the same.
  • Collaboration - Four brains are better than one. And millions of brains are better than three. Our goal is to give everyone else the tools to accomplish what we never could ourselves. Open source software and wikis are good models for us.
  • Scale - We could have created a site that focused on our home town. Using the internet and all the tools others have created, we want to reach as many people as possible around the globe. Massive scale, please.
  • Efficiency - Although paper has its place, there is a lot more room for the web and the mobile phone. Rather than re-invent the wheel, our site is built on open source software and Google maps.

Our Team

Ben Berkowitz

 

Previously, he founded and ran a web design firm CT WEB NET LLC. He is the founder of a neighborhood association district the Upper State Street Association and has been interviewed in the New York Times and on NPR All Things Considered.

Kam Lasater

 

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. He graduated from Carnegie Mellon in 2003 with a BS in Computer Engineering. At SeeClickFix he is the Chief Strategy Officer.

Jeff Blasius

 

As senior architect for Yale's High Performance Computing Center, he led the organization through a 20x capacity growth in just three years. On Yale's production team he was essential to modernizing architecture and improving efficiency on core services of the university. At SeeClickFix he is the Chief Technical Officer.

Miles Lasater

 

As founder and COO, he led Higher One from inception to over 380 employees and over $75 million in annual revenue. Higher One has received numerous awards for growth including Inc 500, Entrepreneur Hot 100, Delotte Fast 50 and the UHY's Tech Top 40. Miles studied computer science at Yale and started his first "blog" in 1999.

Daniel Stainback

Inspired by Japanese esthetic while living in Okinawa, Daniel came to New Haven two years ago as a freelance designer. He's a jQuery samurai and html artist working hard to make SeeClickFix beautiful.

Kayla Vandervort

 

As a community leader acting as Vice President of Public Relations for her sorority Kappa Alpha Theta, she has worked closely with the Hamden, CT community by contributing her efforts in community service and planning philanthropy events. She's currently working with a college colleague to start the social network Gluten-Free Social. Kayla recently graduated from Quinnipiac University with a BS in Marketing.

 

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