RESUME

Education

• MPS, Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) / New York University, 2011–2013
• BFA, Graphic Design, University of the Arts, Philadelphia / 2000–2004
• Rhode Island School of Design Pre-College Program / 1999

Work Experience

• Danne Woo Design / Design Technologist / 2011–Present
• Datavisual, Inc. / Founder and CEO / 2013–Present
• Data Visualization Society / Education Director, Board of Directors / 2024–Present
• Connecticut Friends Preschool / Board Member / 2019–2022
• Color of Change / Ford Foundation & Media Democracy Fund Tech Exchange Design Technologist Fellow / 2018-2019
• BigPlay / Co-Founder and Creative Director / 2013–2016
• Infinia Group / Senior Designer, Digital / 2007–2011
• Creative Source, Inc. / Senior Designer & Web Designer / 2004–2007

Teaching Experience

• Queens College, CUNY / Assistant Professor, Interaction Design / 2013–Present
• Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design / Visiting Faculty, Information Design Spring / 2018
• San Diego State University / Guest Lecturer Spring / 2017
• The Makery / Guest Lecturer Summer / 2016
• Serval Ventures / Lecturer and Mentor Summer / 2016
• Google Summer of Code / Mentor Summer / 2015
• Decoded / Facilitator / 2014–2017
• New York University, ITP / Research Resident Fellow / 2013–2014
• Beam Center / Visiting Artist and Teacher Summer / 2014

Awards & Accolades

• Ford Foundation and Media Democracy Fund Tech Exchange Fellowship / Color of Change / 2017
• Mellon Foundation, Diversity Enhancement Research Grant Award / 2017
• CUNY Fine and Performing Arts Course Design Award / 2017
• Mellon Foundation, Diversity Enhancement Research Grant Award / 2016
• New York Daily News Innovation Lab / 2014
• Guinness World Record Holder, Largest Multiplayer Game on a Single Screen / 2013
• New York University Summer Launchpad, 1 of 9 selected from 500 applicants / 2013
• Graphis Interactive Design Annual / 2005
• University of the Arts Senior Degree Project Award / 2004
• University of the Arts Promising Artist Award / 2000

Press

• “Data-a-Day in a Post-Truth World.” Print Magazine, Interview by Steven Heller / 2017
• Team Human Podcast Episode 25, Visualizing Reality, Interview by Douglas Rushkoff / 2017
• Designer Magazine, Interview by Kathryn Weinstein / 2016
• NY Daily News, Datavisual concludes successful embed with Daily News Innovation Lab after 14 months working along reporters and editors in the newsroom / 2015
• ONA Student Newsroom, Simplifying Data Viz in the Newsroom / 2014
• NY Daily News, Daily News welcomes Datavisual startup to newsroom as part of Innovation Lab program / 2013
• Fast Company, March 2013 Issue, The Recommender: Greg Alvo, Jane McGonigal and More On What They’re Loving This Month / 2013
• The Guardian, Mobile gamers hope for new world record after social splat / 2013
• Engadget, Bird poop and Big Screens: Attempting a multiplayer world record / 2013
• Make Magazine, Longboard Generates Light While You Ride / 2012
• The Engadget Show 34 / 2012
• Engadget, Light Hum: a pure analog theremin that converts rays into electro-grooves / 2012
• CNet, Now hear this: Beat box creates music using RFID tags / 2011
• The Verge, RFID Beat Box creates music with wireless discs / 2011
• Engadget, Beat Box table turns RFID tagging into beautiful music / 2011

Speaking Engagements

• Data Visualization.” Lecture at the NYC OpenData Data Viz Hackathon, Queens College, CUNY, Queens, NY / 2020
• “Making Music with Electricity.” Workshop at Connecticut Friends Preschool May Day Festival, Wilton, CT / 2020
• “Using Data, Design and Code for Social Advocacy.” Lecture at the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design, Copenhagen, Denmark / 2018
• Graduate Media Studies Colloquia, Queens College, CUNY, New York / 2017
• Graduate Media Studies Colloquia, Queens College, CUNY, New York / 2017
• EYEO Conference “Show and Tell”, Minneapolis / 2016
• Mellon Faculty Diversity Conference, Queens, NY / 2016
• L2 Inc. Lunch and Learn Presentation, New York / 2016
• NYC Media Lab Summit, New York / 2015
• Razorfish Summit, New York / 2015
• Global Editors Network Summit, Barcelona / 2015
• Online News Associate Conference, Chicago / 2014
• NPR Mediashift Collab/Space, Chicago / 2014
• SourceMedia Innovation Day, New York / 2014
• San Diego State University Guest Lecturer, San Diego / 2014
• NYU Stern 9 for 9 Series, New York / 2013
• WebVisions Conference, Barcelona / 2013
• EYEO Conference “Show and Tell”, Minneapolis / 2013
• AIGA/NY Fresh Blood 4, New York / 2013

Invitational Exhibitions

• The Weekly Weekly Presents, Homeward Bound, homewardbound.theweeklyweekly.com / Heads of State / 2020
• Queens College Art Department Faculty Show, Queens College, CUNY, Queens, NY / AC Symphony / 2019
• Design Faculty at Queens College, Godwin Ternbach Museum, Queens College, CUNY, Queens, NY / Data-a-Day in a Post-Truth World / 2017
• Vanderbilt Republic’s Art from the Heart, New York / AC Symphony / 2015
• DUMBO Arts Festival, New York / AC Symphony / 2014
• VICE and AT&T Mobile Movement Event, SXSW Austin / SPLAT! Austin / 2014
• Death by Audio, Death by Art, New York / AC Symphony / 2014
• New Biologies at the 92Y Tribeca, New York / Type Galapagos / 2013

Technical Skills

• Design / Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Acrobat Professional, QuarkXPress, Microsoft Office, Font Book, Suitcase, InVision
• Programming Languages and Frameworks / HTML, JavaScript, jQuery, Node.js, CSS, D3js, P5js WordPress, Perch CMS, Flash, multiple APIs, Processing, Arduino; working knowledge of C++, Java, PHP, Python, JSON, XML, MongoDB and MySQL
• Audio and Video / Final Cut Pro, After Effects, Premiere, SoundEdit, GarageBand
• Other / Max MSP, Unity, Rhino 3D, Mad Mapper, R Studio, Raspberry Pi