Biography:Zachary Bookman
Zachary Bookman (born 1980) is an American government technology entrepreneur. He is co-founder and CEO of OpenGov, Inc, a cloud software company serving local governments and state agencies. Prior to founding OpenGov, Bookman served as Advisor to the Anti‑Corruption Task Force in Kabul, Afghanistan. He was also a trial litigator at Keker, Van Nest & Peters in San Francisco, and served as a law clerk to the Honorable Sandra S. Ikuta on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Education
Bookman holds a JD from the Yale Law School and an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School. He graduated as valedictorian of his class.[1] from the University of Maryland and is an alumnus of the Sidwell Friends School in Bethesda, MD.
In 2007-2008, Bookman received a Fulbright Fellowship to study transparency and corruption in Mexico[2].
Career
Bookman co-founded OpenGov, Inc in 2012 with Joe Lonsdale and Stanford University technologists[3]. With OpenGov, Bookman has worked to bring cloud software to local government[4], a sector overlooked by many software-as-a-service firms[5]. Bookman has long advocated for investments in "govtech"[6] and for creating a mission-driven culture in service of local governments [7]. In 2021 he completed a cross-country bike ride from San Francisco to the Chesapeake Bay to visit with local government leaders to thank them for their service and discuss shared challenges[8].
Prior to founding OpenGov, Bookman served as Advisor to U.S. Army General H.R. McMaster (2011-2012), on the Combined Joint Interagency Task Force (Shafafiyat) at the International Security Assistance Force headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan. Bookman helped lead a Rule of Law team on the task force that worked with the Afghan Department of Justice on corruption cases, such as the bribery scandal at the Dawood National Military Hospital[9].
References
- ↑ "Zac Bookman, GVPT ’02". University of Maryland. https://bsos.umd.edu/profileshowcase/3672.
- ↑ Bookman, Zachary (22 April 2008). "Shine a light in Mexico". LA Times. LA Times. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-apr-22-oe-bookman22-story.html.
- ↑ Wilkinson, Amy. "OpenGov: Bringing the Cloud to Government". Stanford University Graduate School of Business. https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/case-studies/opengov-bringing-cloud-government.
- ↑ Chambers, John T. (15 October 2021). "Culture and Communication or Vision and Strategy with the CEOs of Sprinklr, OpenGov, and ASAPP". Chambers Talks. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/chambers-talks-episode-14-culture-and-communication/id1542075631?i=1000538738549.
- ↑ O'Shaughnessy, Patrick. "How Government Works". Founder's Field Guide. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/zac-bookman-how-government-works-founders-field-guide-ep-10/id1154105909?i=1000501198887.
- ↑ Zolnoski, Joe (22 January 2016). "OpenGov Co-Founder & CEO Zac Bookman On Software for Governments". TechCrunch. https://techcrunch.com/video/zac-bookman-at-davos-2016/.
- ↑ "OpenGov CEO Zac Bookman - PURPOSE: Founding for Impact". Tom Tom Foudation. 30 May 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gd5MRL-g0W4.
- ↑ Quigley, Dryden (November 2, 2021). "CEO biking across America stops in Charlottesville". NBC 29. https://www.nbc29.com/2021/11/02/biking-ceo-stops-charlottesville/.
- ↑ Abi-Habib, Maria. "At Afghan Military Hospital, Graft and Deadly Neglect". The Wall Street Journal. The Wall Street Journal. https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424053111904480904576496703389391710.
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