Richard Dunks is the founder and driving force behind Datapolitan. A decorated former military intelligence professional, Richard honed key data analytics skills in high-tempo operations to deliver timely, mission-critical results. An experienced analyst in the public sector, Richard has provided advanced analysis for federal and local governments, as well as non-profit organizations, and served as a catalyst for new ideas, approaches, and tools that build new capabilities and improve existing ones. After graduating in 2014 from NYU’s Center for Urban Science and Progress, the first urban informatics graduate program in the country, Richard started Datapolitan and began providing consulting services and training to local government agencies and non-profit organizations in data literacy, analytics, visualization, machine learning, and data-driven leadership. He has been an adjunct professor at Columbia University and Pratt Institute, teaching graduate classes in data analysis, mapping, information visualization, and machine learning. He currently lives in Dallas, Texas with his partner and infant son.