Dan Robinson

Principle of CivicActions and Co-Founder of E-volve Foundation
Dan Robinson is a founder and CTO of the E-Volve Foundation and the Technology Practice Lead at CivicActions, LLC.  E-Volve works to expand the use of technology at the intersection of the Internet and Civic Engagement.  Dan's work at CivicActions involves integrating Internet based grassroots organizing tools and techniques into organizations working for social change.  Dan spent much of 2004 as a leader on the AdvoKit project, a Free software "Get Out The Vote" web application that was deployed during the November elections.  Dan has 20 years of experience as a programmer, architect and director of engineering at a variety of different companies including HP, Bank of America, Varian, MCI and Charles Schwab. Dan combines his deep software industry experience with his lifelong commitment to social change by identifying, championing and helping birth innovative products, methodologies and practices to leverage the power of the Internet to create positive social change.