History

Jared founded Civilytics in 2016. After earning his PhD in political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and working as a budget and research analyst for the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Jared was convinced there was a need for more high-quality, transparent public-sector data science work. He was equally convinced that the best analytic products are the ones that outlast their analyst and that developing others’ capacity was central to what he loved to do.

At Civilytics, we take a client-centered approach that empowers partners with clearly explained, detailed, timely, and reproducible solutions to meet their needs. We appreciate the opportunity to work across sectors, taking what we’ve learned from collaborating with a variety of state, district, and local education agencies to inform work in child welfare, community health, local policing, and more. So many social issues and needs are interconnected and we find that we learn a lot from working with clients in different sectors.

Civilytics is an independent data science consulting firm founded in 2016. Civilytics believes that the work to reinvigorate our democracy must begin at the local level where the public has the greatest control and barriers to collective action are the lowest. Civilytics is focusing on building the tools communities need to understand and deliberate about the performance of their local governments.