Nick Grossman

Nick Grossman is a technologist and entrepreneur interested in the intersection of the web and urban, social and civic systems. For the past 10 years, he has developed software and media products, advocacy efforts, and internet-based businesses that help cities and the internet work better together. Grossman is currently the General Manager of Policy and Outreach at Union Square Ventures, where he works on public policy and regulatory issues facing peer networks on the web, and leads advocacy initiatives that support web-based innovation. He is also an advisor at Code for America and a visiting scholar at the Center for Civic Media at the MIT Media Lab. Previously, Grossman led an incubator for technology and media initiatives at OpenPlans by producing advocacy media properties focused on urban policy, building web applications to spark engagement in local civic issues, and building open source and open data businesses that serve the public sector. Nick Grossman has a BA in Urban Studies from Stanford University.