Zhi Keng He (he/him)
Zhi Keng graduated from Hunter College with a BA in Geography, and started his dive into civic technology as a college aid at the NYC Department of Transportation. During the two years he was there, he built many applications to assist planners and other decision-makers; and wrote scripts to manage and process various city data sets. He was also a Public Service Scholar, worked in the Manhattan Borough President’s Office policy team, and a Civic Digital Fellow at the US Census Bureau in 2019.
Zhi Keng served as BetaNYC’s inaugural lab manager, and helped institute our RADAR service. He enjoys building projects to improve the accessibility and engagement of public data to communities and students.