Big Ideas Fest Speakers

Nathaniel Manning

Nathaniel Manning

Nathaniel is the Director of Business and Strategy at Ushahidi, where they build open source software for making sense of data. In addition to software, Ushahidi has also built the iHub, the nerve center of Kenya’s tech community, and the BRCK, a redesign of connectivity for the developing world. Nathaniel was selected as part of the 2014 GOOD100, dubbed a “connective thinker.” In 2012 Nathaniel was part of the inaugural class of Presidential Innovation Fellows at The White House. He stayed on after the fellowship as the first Chief Data Officer of USAID. He previously worked for the Clinton Climate Initiative throughout Asia Pacific. He holds a BA and MA from Brown University.