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Eric Busboom

Professional Data Services For Civic and Social Development

  • Civic Knowledge
  • San Diego Regional Data Library
  • Metatab

Data Management

I build data systems that make critical data available to the people who need it most.
San Diego Regional Data Library

Data Analysis

I combine expertise in data analysis with a broad range of domain knowledge to give you data driven answers to your most pressing problems.
Civic Knowledge Insights

Project Management

I'm skilled at managing dispersed teams tackling complex projects.
Data Library Projects
Civic Knowledge Projects

Home Page Posts

The Next Frontier of Open Data

April 16, 2020April 16, 2020 Eric Busboom Home Page Posts, Press

“But in January, Busboom founded the San Diego Regional Data Library, to “make our social programs, civic groups, and government organizations more effective; our citizens better informed; and our policy makers able to make better decisions,” according to the library’s website.” – Voice of San Diego, October 2013

Let’s create the Americorps for data in San Diego.

April 16, 2020April 17, 2020 Eric Busboom Home Page Posts, Press

A lot of the issues we have now are so fine-grain that you have to have good data to solve them,” Busboom says. “Our nonprofits and governments often don’t have access to the skills that are required to do that. The goal is to find volunteers and make connections.” – San Diego Magazine, 2014

Can Big Data Inspire Big Social Changes?

April 16, 2020April 16, 2020 Eric Busboom Home Page Posts, Press, Uncategorized

“In recent months, the Data Library has worked to digitize the maps of homeless person counts for the last five years collected by the Downtown San Diego Partnership. The data conversion got underway earlier this year with the assistance of Kearny High School students and more progress is expected this fall.” – UCSD Extension, September 2019

Civic Knowledge

April 16, 2020April 16, 2020 Eric Busboom Activity, Home Page Posts

Civic Knowledge provides commercial data services for companies, governments and nonprofits.

San Diego Regional Data Library

April 16, 2020April 16, 2020 Eric Busboom Activity, Home Page Posts

The San Diego Regional Data Library runs volunteer, pro-bono data projects

The League of Amazing Programmers

April 16, 2020April 16, 2020 Eric Busboom Activity, Home Page Posts

The League of Amazing Programmers teaches kids to code, preparing them for working as professional programmers before they’ve graduated from High School. I am the board President.

Metatab

April 16, 2020April 16, 2020 Eric Busboom Activity, Home Page Posts

Metatab  is an open source project that develop tools for data wrangling and packaging, making data easier for analysts to use.

San Diego Canyonlands

April 16, 2020April 16, 2020 Eric Busboom Activity, Home Page Posts

San Diego Canyonlands protects and restores San Diego’s many canyons, one of the regions most distinctive features. I was the founding board President, and am occasionally involved in special projects.

Robot Internship

April 16, 2020April 16, 2020 Eric Busboom Activity, Home Page Posts, Uncategorized

Each summer I host 1 to 3 students to work on refurbishing a 6 axis laboratory robot arm, giving them practical experience with programming, electronics and industrial engineering.

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