Nick Sinai is an Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Nick was the inaugural recipient of the Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellowship at the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, where he focused on the media, policy, and economic implications of providing greater public access to government data. Nick joined Harvard in 2014 from the White House, where he was U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer. At the White House, Nick led President Obama’s Open Data Initiatives to liberate data to fuel innovation and economic growth, and led the Open Government Initiative to ensure the Federal Government is more transparent, participatory, and collaborative.  Nick’s research, writing, and teaching is focused on technology and innovation in government.  Nick is faculty mentor and advisor to the Harvard Open Data Project and Coding It Forward, and teaches DPI-663: Tech and Innovation in Government.