Nnamdi Kenneth OjIbe, Ken, is a software engineer at Recidiviz and a researcher at the Community Informatics Lab and the Virginia government’s Commonwealth Cyber Initiative. He focuses on smart cities, media, and civic tech, having managed and developed solutions for The New York Times, Disney, IBM, and Boston government’s Urban Mechanics through the Google Summer of Code. A two-time U.S. Presidential Volunteer Service Awardee, his commitment to social good runs deep.

Outside tech, you can find Ken in marathons, at dance studios, with a book, or (obsessively) organizing his life with spreadsheets and Notion. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science and a minor in Design Thinking from George Mason University. Essentially, Kenneth fuses software engineering with a passion for civic solutions and life's vibrant rhythms