Harper Reed
Former CTO, Obama campaign Twitter Website
Harper Reed is an hacker/engineer who builds paradigm-shifting tech and leads others to do the same. Harper loves using the enormity of the Internet to bring people together, whether as CTO of Obama for America, CTO at Threadless.com, or on his own projects. Harper and his team created Dashboard, a site that connects volunteer teams and acts as an online component of the field office. You can often find Harper playing with new technology, looking for something to hack, or enjoying life in Chicago with his amazing wife, Hiromi.
Currently Harper is focusing on defining the future of commerce with the awesome team at Modest.com.
Harper is doing the workshop How to Build Resilient Teams Who Build Resilient Technology on Wednesday 18th February.