Zachary R. Kitt lives somewhere along the US-101. He enjoys learning new things; expressing ideas through code, clay, or sound; watching birds; and automating everything. He currently lends his expertise in big data and AI toward improving governance and human rights around the world. He has previous experience as a data engineer for a Silicon Valley unicorn, a machine learning engineer at S&P Global, and a quantitative geopolitical analyst at Kensho Technologies. He has managed projects for the U.S. Marines, Navy, and Air Force, and separately secured an AFWERX grant for AI development as a technical co-founder. He holds degrees from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Yale University.