David Eaves is an Associate Professor at, and Co-Director of, the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose at University College London. At UCL David he teaches and writes on the intersection digital transformation, digital public infrastructure and re-imagining of public value. David serves as head of investments for Co-Develop.
With a strong entrepreneurial spirit David enjoyed engaging in real world problems both inside and outside the classroom. He previously served as a Lecture of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School. Was co-founder and CEO of ReCollect - a successful civictech start up that grew to serve over 400 governments across North America. He advises numerous governments on their digital transformation and open data strategies and open source projects like Mozilla and OpenMRS on governance. David served as the first Director of Education for Code for America and has provided training for public interest technologists in government such as the Presidential Innovation Fellows at the White House and Code for Canada fellows.