About Qri
Qri is leading an open-source project to build software for dataset synching, versioning, storing and collaboration. We help solve super interesting data problems with individual data nerds (pro and not pro), non-profits, and commercial clients. Qri is led by a team in Brooklyn NY, and collaborators everywhere and anywhere.
The Team
Brendan O'Brien
Founder & Caretaker
Brendan helped launch Datatogether.org, a network of communities, data scientists, and developers dedicated to promoting collective data stewardship. He is also a leading member the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative (EDGI), founded to preserve at-risk government environmental data.
In his free time Brendan codes and competes as a not-so-competitive cyclist.
Rico Gardaphe
Operations & Business Development
In his free time Rico perfects his homemade limoncello recipe and plays baseball.
Kasey Huizinga
Developer
In her free time, Kasey performs in plays and musical theater acts across New York City.
Dustin Long
Developer
In his free time, Dustin designs and builds arcade and video games.
Chris Whong
Outreach Engineer
Chris is a widely respected leader in the NYC civic tech community, known for promoting government adoption of open-source tech, and supporting collaboration between those who generate and those who rely on open data. Most recently, he was the director of NYC Planning Labs, responsible for applying open technology, agile development, and user-centered design to build impactful products with NYC’s Urban Planners.
In his free time, Chris hacks on personal projects leveraging public data, and is a reef aquarium hobbyist.
As an open source project, Qri is both the resource and product of a community of contributors and data enthusiasts - many of whom share feature ideas, ID bugs, and contribute working code and open datasets. Join us!