Darrell Bridge
City of Ottawa
Darrell Bridge is currently a Senior Data Analytics Strategist for the City of Ottawa and manages the Open Data Program. The program’s vision is to better engage and empower the Ottawa community in utilizing City data assets through the establishment of community relationships and supporting open analytics capabilities. Darrell works with key stakeholders to release data to the public that is machine readable without restrictions from copyright, patents or other mechanisms of control. He feels open data enables community partners to get involved and help solve civic issues collaboratively with the City. Darrell works closely with post-secondary academic institutions and sits on the External Advisory Board at Carleton University for the Institute for Data Science and the Centre for Business Analytics and Performance (CBAP) at the Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa. He has a Bachelor of Mathematics from the University of Waterloo in Business Administration and System Management.