Daniel Dufour serves as the Director of Performance of Management and Open Data for the City of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Previously, he served in various roles in the public and non-profit sector, including NASA, the White House, USDA, and Catholic Charities. He has a bachelor of arts in history from the University of California, Berkeley and a master of arts in conflict resolution from Georgetown University. He is a creator and contributor to numerous open-source projects, including geotiff.io, shapefile.io, and geoblaze.