Mjumbe Poe

Mjumbe Poe is a Senior Lecturer at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania, specializing in the MUSA (Urban Spatial Analytics) program. He designs scalable systems to empower decision-making with geospatial data through courses like JavaScript Programming for Planning Applications and Geospatial Cloud Computing.

• Research Focus: Civic technology, participatory budgeting tools, and leveraging open data for urban development.
• Professional Experience: CTO of Stepwise, co-founder of Poe Public, and former Digital Services Architect at Philadelphia's Office of Open Data and Digital Transformation.

He advocates for technology as a tool for social empowerment, reflected in his roles with Code for America and Coded by Kids. His fellowships include Harvard Kennedy School's Technology and Democracy program. Poe also contributes to the International Conference on Appropriate Technology planning committee.