Tonight: Data Visualization at the BmoreTech Meetup

Technically Baltimore’s BmoreTech Meetup will launch with its first night of lightning programming tonight at the Emerging Technologies Center during Baltimore Innovation Week. The focus? Data Visualization.
BmoreTech is a fast-paced evening demo event that explores how the local tech community is impacting job growth/rention, digital access/education, and government/policy reform in Baltimore. Tonight, we’ll have special guests who will be sharing data visualization projects they are working on in Baltimore, for Baltimore.
Enjoy the presentations and enjoy a beer on us, too. Click here to RSVP.
For the speaker line-up, see more after the jump.

Colin Drane, SpotCrime: Serial entrepreneur who founded the Baltimore based SpotCrime in 2007, Colin Drane now runs the most visited public crime map in the US reaching over 5 million people monthly. After a brief stint in the infomercial industry, Colin took an interest in crime mapping because of Baltimore’s distinction of being one of the most violent cities in the US. Starting with CrimeBaltimore.com, Colin then decided to map the entire US and created the SpotCrime brand helping to push government transparency by encouraging police departments around the country to openly release their crime data.
Shea Frederick, Open Data hacker: Frederick has been an active part of Baltimore and Maryland’s open government community, having consulted with the State of Maryland on Open Data, and having given several talks about Baltimore Open Data portal. Frederick began his career in web development before the term ‘Web Application’ was commonplace. By the late 1990s, he was developing web applications for Tower Records that combined the call center interface with inventory and fulfillment. Since then, Shea has worked as a developer for several companies – building and implementing various commerce solutions, content management systems, and lead tracking programs.