Lindsay Young

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Leading teams that fuel efficient, open governance

Experience

General Services Administration

September 2014 - present

At GSA, I gained broad experience partnering with other agencies across the government to improve their business practices, made their infrastructure more resilient, and modernized their approach to technology.

CTO, Civil Rights Division USDOJ, 18F
Helped set the technical vision and department roadmap with the CIO. Served as the technical leader for an 18F project to modernize the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division’s public presence by creating civilrights.justice.gov. This new system is replacing four legacy systems that received and triaged civil rights violations
Director of Cloud Adoption, Centers of Excellence
Led a team of contractors that provided cloud migration strategy consulting and best practices to USDA. Consolidated USDA data centers to achieve an estimated $5 million a year in cost avoidance.
Director of Agency Partnerships, 18F
Brought in $2.1 million in new 18F engagements. Managed business development team and set 18F’s business development strategy.
Chief of Staff, GSA IT
As Chief of Staff, I answered directly to the GSA Chief Information Officer (CIO) on high priority, sensitive, and visible issues. I acted as a force multiplier for the priorities of the senior executive team, and kept senior leadership synchronized and effective.
Technical Leader of Federal Election Commission Project, 18F
Led a cloud migration that the FEC estimates saves $1.2 million a year in infrastructure costs. Led the technical delivery of the FEC’s first API and redesigned fec.gov using an agile and user-centered process. In addition to delivering a substantial upgrade to the FEC’s website, my team implemented new processes at the FEC that use best practices for cloud-based services, such as automated testing with continuous integration, open source and agile delivery. By working closely with FEC staff to train them in using practices, I catalyzed long-term organizational change across the FEC.

Adjunct Faculty, Johns Hopkins University

Fall 2015, Summer 2016
Designed and taught Unleashing Open Data with Python , as part of the Master of Science in Government Analytics program. The students learned to use Python to collect and analyze data and presented their findings by making a website. The students ranged from those with no programming skills to professional programmers.

ECA Professional Fellow, International Center for Journalists

July 2014-Feb 2015
Fellowship program managed by the International Center for Journalists and funded by the U.S. State Department. Visited Amman, Jordan to engage with journalists.

Sunlight Foundation

November 2010 - September 2014
As a Software Engineer, I coordinated across Design, Communications and Policy departments to conceive, develop and launch web products that use public data to connect journalists and citizens to their government.

Congressional Internships

Senator Byron Dorgan

August 2006 to December 2006
Created a memo on transportation issues that addressed concerns of the “NAFTA Superhighway” and wrote constituent letters about funding to public broadcasting organizations.

Representative Anna Eshoo

September 2005 to December 2005
Wrote a constituent letter and performed receptionist duties . I obtained Congressional Research Service Certification and used CRS services provided by the Library of Congress.

Education

Pepperdine University

University California, Riverside

Contact Information

@not_young
github.com/LindsayYoung