Oscar Montiel is the Tech Manager at Ranking Digital Rights. Before joining RDR, he was the Latin America Regional Manager for The Engine Room, an organization that supports civil society’s use of data and technology. During his time there, he facilitated the development of tools like Monitor Presupuestario for budget monitoring and Violencia Policial to show the stories behind police violence in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He previously worked at the Open Knowledge Foundation, Codeando México, and Mexico City’s Government. In these roles, he built civic technology tools, promoted open data policies across Latin America, and evaluated the quality of data in multiple countries through the Global Open Data Index and the Open Data Cities Census. He tweets infrequently at @tlacoyodefrijol.
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