Max Richman

Max Richman is a data scientist focused on building global data products and data teams. Max works with foundations, governments, non-profits, and companies large and small around the world to help them monitor, evaluate, and communicate needs and impact.  He built a data analysis and mapping team at USAID’s Office of Transition Initiatives, has conducted design research on urban violence in Honduras, and fielded humanitarian needs assessments in Myanmar after Cyclone Nargis. Currently he serves as chief data scientist at GeoPoll, a mobile surveying platform with a database of over 200 million users in emerging markets that connect researchers, businesses, and aid organizations directly to mobile phone users, reaching everyone from dense urban areas to remote villages.