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Zachary Bookman (born 1980) is an American government technology entrepreneur. He is co-founder and CEO of OpenGov, a company that sells cloud software to local governments and state agencies. Prior to founding OpenGov, Bookman served as Advisor to the Anti‑Corruption Task Force in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Education edit
Bookman holds a JD from the Yale Law School and an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School.[1] He graduated as valedictorian of his class from the University of Maryland[1] and is an alumnus of the Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C. In 2007-2008, Bookman received a Fulbright Fellowship to study transparency and corruption in Mexico.[2]
Career edit
Bookman served as a law clerk to the Honorable Sandra S. Ikuta on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, later working as a trial litigator at Keker, Van Nest & Peters in San Francisco.[1]
Bookman served as Advisor to U.S. Army General H.R. McMaster (2011-2012), on the Combined Joint Interagency Task Force (Shafafiyat) at the International Security Assistance Force headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan. Bookman helped lead a Rule of Law team on the task force that worked with the Afghan Department of Justice on corruption cases, such as the bribery scandal at the Dawood National Military Hospital.[3]
Bookman co-founded OpenGov in 2012 with Joe Lonsdale and Stanford University technologists.[4] OpenGov received investments from Thrive Capital starting in 2013, and in 2017 Bookman participated in a White House summit organized by Jared Kushner, the brother of Thrive Capital's founder.[5]
Personal life edit
Bookman grew up in Cabin John, Maryland outside of Washington, D.C.[6]
In 2021 Bookman took a cross-country bike ride from the San Francisco Bay to the Chesapeake Bay to visit with local government leaders.[7]
In September 2019, Bookman joined an expedition to attempt a late season ascent of Mount Everest.[8] The guide called off the attempt while the group was in base camp, which Madison described as a decision based on dangerous conditions.[9] In March 2020, Bookman filed a lawsuit seeking damages over the non-refundable expedition fee,[8] alleging the guide had canceled the trip for reasons unrelated to safety.[10] In December 2021, the case was settled with Bookman agreeing through a stipulated judgement that he is not entitled to a refund for the trip.[9]
References edit
- ^ a b c "Zac Bookman, GVPT '02". University of Maryland College of Behavioral and Social Sciences. University of Maryland. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ Bookman, Zachary (22 April 2008). "Shine a light in Mexico". LA Times. LA Times. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ Abi-Habib, Maria. "At Afghan Military Hospital, Graft and Deadly Neglect". No. 3 September 2011. The Wall Street Journal. The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Wilkinson, Amy. "OpenGov: Bringing the Cloud to Government". Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ Eaglesham, Jean; Schwartz, Lisa (July 14, 2017). "Startup That Got a Seat at White House Roundtable Is Part-Owned by Kushner Family". WSJ. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
- ^ Ravindranath, Mohana (2015-02-01). "Can government transparency be big business?". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
- ^ Quigley, Dryden (November 2, 2021). "CEO biking across America stops in Charlottesville". NBC 29. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
- ^ a b Schlosser, Curt (5 October 2020). "Seattle mountaineering guide in legal battle with tech CEO seeking refund for failed Everest climb". GeekWire. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ a b Reimers, Frederick (2021-12-30). "An Everest Guide Just Won a Legal Battle over a Canceled Summit Attempt". Outside Online. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
- ^ Reimers, Frederick (2020-10-11). "The Tech CEO, the Guide, and a Case That Could Upend Everest Travel". Outside Online. Retrieved 2023-03-15.