Jonah M Duckles

Contact

Personal[email protected] / NZ: +64.(0)27.461.0982
Work – [email protected]

Education

Experience

Organizational Mycology — Co-Founder

2022-present

Organizational Mycology is a consulting group that seeks to help clients bring a mindset of bio-mimicry and systems thinking to deep and transformational change.

Whale Bytes Limited — Founder and Director

2021-present

Advising, consulting, facilitating, and strategy development to help impact-driven organizations to create structures which can help them grow their reach.

Future Bees NZ Limited — Director

2021-present

Co-Leading and supporting Future Bees NZ to grow its reach and impact. Supporting researchers, beekeepers and bee-related professionals with data analysis, knowledge, and information sharing.

Xero — Global Data Evangelism Lead

2020-2021

Improving the understanding and use of data and AI/ML among the global Xero workforce through education and capacity-building efforts to support the company’s shift towards a data-focused strategy.

AbacusBio — Consultant

2019-2020

Leading a pivot toward a teaching / learning organisation with data science skills and capabilities across the company while architecting geospatial data analysis capabilities and infrastructur to support core business areas.

The Carpentries

2015-2019

Director of Membership and Technology

2018-2019

Advised and mentored 100+ organisational leaders in the global research sector, supporting data science skill development and capacity-building in their organisations. Lead the membership revenue growth resulting in $800,000 annual recurring revenue to support the organisation and its impactful work.

Executive Director — The Software Carpentry Foundation

2015-2017

Took over from founding Executive Director and built a sustainment and long-term revenue model for the organisation. Merged the organisation with a peer organisation to form The Carpentries.

University of Oklahoma

2010-2015

Director of Informatics and Innovation

2014-2015

Designed and built award winning maker / innovation spaces on campus for digital fabrication and emerging technologies while expanding and integrating research informatics services into core research support offerings for the University. Awarded over US$700,000 in Federal NSF grants as PI/co-PI to support informatics and innovation activities with numerous research collaborators.

Senior Informatics Analyst

2010-2014

Lanworth — Senior Analyst

2008-2010

Purdue University

2001-2008

Graduate Research Assistant

2005-2008

Strategic Planning and Center Coordinator

2001-2005

International Technology Strategy Partners — Founder / Partner

2002-2007

Grants

I’ve participated in the development of entrepreneurial and cyberinfrastructure components of major awarded grants in the US totaling over $US 36.5-million dollars.

Peer reviewed publications

Activities