Let’s use computers to address important social problems with urgency, clarity and creativity.

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Chris Blow France

Independent software developer

I help people to design and build data products. My focus is conceptualization, positioning and prototyping products using applied machine learning and data visualization with large, interesting datasets.

Big questions

How can we expand human capacity to better cope with critical social and environmental problems?

How can we visualize data to make better decisions within it and recognize opportunity?

How can we manage complexity with ethical responsibility to make powerful digital systems inclusive and accountable?

Working together
  • I work with large enterprises, startups, nonprofits and the occasional scientists, farmers and artists.
  • I help design and build cross-platform apps and platforms, on web and closed message platforms.
  • I help build team capacity and new business models in complex domains.
Experience
Product leadership and platform design
  • Pilot44 — AI strategy, platform development, venture building
  • Meedan — Platform design for translation and fact verification
  • The Data Guild — Venture studio leadership, data product design
Software development
  • WeaveGrid — User experience lead for climate tech startup
  • Contain — Technology lead for fintech agriculture startup
  • Cypress — Design systems for developers
Usability, concepts, graphics, UI, visualizations
  • LightField — Founder agriculture and climate data startup
  • Litterati — Design consultant for data prep and computer vision.
  • Healthmade — Data visualizations for health
  • Ethnio — UI development for usability research products
  • Bolt | Peters — Design and UI research consulting
  • Ushahidi — Design for civic media platform
  • Nonprofit Design — Founder of design services company