{"id":3665,"date":"2016-09-20T00:11:46","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T00:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging2.tapestrymaker.net\/achangeiscoming\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2016-09-20T00:11:46","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T00:11:46","slug":"about-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/2024.thenexus.today\/index.php\/about-2\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5\" style=\"border-radius: 50%;\" src=\"http:\/\/staging2.tapestrymaker.net\/achangeiscoming\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/09\/linked-in-pic-279x300.png\" alt=\"linked-in-pic\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/>I&#8217;m a <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/a-change-is-coming\/sex-pleasure-and-diversity-friendly-software-the-article-the-acm-wouldnt-publish-19ebc34175d4\">software engineer<\/a> \/ entrepreneur \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/How-did-Jon-Pincus-oppression-theory-project-at-Microsoft-go\">strategist<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vQc0m3OCs6TjgZJcb64dKhLR6NB5Zz0gceMSDSx2izmCahcUuFTU2UAOPPFE0aSsGEGwYWYf-93cYgg\/pub?start=false&amp;loop=false&amp;delayms=3000\">activist<\/a> who focuses on justice, equity, diversity, inclusion, and intersectionality.\u00a0 My current software project is <a href=\"https:\/\/thenexus.today\">The Nexus Today<\/a>, an anti-oppressive news aggregator.\u00a0\u00a0 I also consult for and advise tech companies on software engineering, technology, and security.<\/p>\n<p>For the last fifteen years, my research focus has been on re-imagining <a href=\"http:\/\/talesfromthe.net\/jon\/?p=113\">computer science as a social science<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 <a class=\"hoverable\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/a-change-is-coming\/sex-pleasure-and-diversity-friendly-software-the-article-the-acm-wouldnt-publish-19ebc34175d4\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/a-change-is-coming\/sex-pleasure-and-diversity-friendly-software-the-article-the-acm-wouldnt-publish-19ebc34175d4\">Sex, pleasure, and diversity-friendly software: the article the ACM wouldn\u2019t publish<\/a> gives an overview of work combining an intersectional diversity perspective with classic software engineering approaches &#8211; and the institutional barriers this kind of work tends to encounter. \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/a-change-is-coming\/diversity-friendly-software-and-strategy-at-techinclusion-seattle-216adcacf780\">Diversity-friendly software and strategy<\/a> (from TechInclusion Seattle) is a short overview with links out to more. \u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/a-change-is-coming\/diversity-friendly-software-at-sxsw-2017-references-c0ca05a191a6#.r106e1ylk\">The 2017 SXSW presentation,<\/a> with Shireen Mitchell, goes into detail.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/208905804\">https:\/\/vimeo.com\/208905804<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other related work includes\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@jdp23\/transforming-tech-with-diversity-friendly-software-338f56d91df\">Transforming Tech with Diversity-friendly software<\/a> (from TRANSform Tech), a trio of collaborative presentations at the Open Source Bridge conference with Deborah Pierce, Lynn Cyrin, and Tammarrian Rogers, and the resource page on\u00a0 <a class=\"hoverable\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/a-change-is-coming\/gender-hci-feminist-hci-and-post-colonial-computing-f955a4054c89\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/a-change-is-coming\/gender-hci-feminist-hci-and-post-colonial-computing-f955a4054c89\">Gender HCI, Feminist HCI, Post-Colonial Computing, Anti-Oppressive Design, and Design Justice<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Previous work includes<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Creating the static analysis tools PREfix and PREfast as founder and CTO of venture-funded startup Intrinsa (acquired by Microsoft in 1999) and then at Microsoft Research, where I was part of a team that won the prestigious &#8220;President&#8217;s Award&#8221; for our industry-leading static analysis work.<\/li>\n<li>Security planning, research, and company-wide culture change with the Microsoft Windows Security Push and XPSP2 task forces.\u00a0 The project I led analyzing and recommending for mitigations to reduce exploitation of buffer overruns helped make SP2 the most secure commercial operating system of its time; the attack surface reduction work I did with Mike Howard and Jeannette Wing helped lead to a broadly-used internal tool that got shipped to customers a decade later.<\/li>\n<li>Leading the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/How-did-Jon-Pincus-oppression-theory-project-at-Microsoft-go\">Ad Astra (Analysis and Development of Awesome STRAtegies)<\/a> project as General Manger for Strategy Development in Microsoft\u2019s Online Services Group, at the time the only multi-million dollar oppression theory project done at a Fortune 500 company in conjunction with McKinsey. \u00a0 The <a href=\"http:\/\/original.achangeiscoming.net\/e-luminatus\/index.php?title=Ad_Astra_strategic_principles\">strategic principles<\/a> have held up well.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a class=\"hoverable\" href=\"http:\/\/www.talesfromthe.net\/jon\/?p=39\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.talesfromthe.net\/jon\/?p=39\">\u201cA very special Ad Astra holiday\u201d<\/a>\u00a0has some reflections from various group members; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/How-did-Jon-Pincus-oppression-theory-project-at-Microsoft-go\">my Quora answer<\/a> has the public narrative.<\/li>\n<li>Co-founding Qworky, a Seattle-area startup developing an intelligent platform for &#8220;meetings that don&#8217;t suck&#8221;, with Mikal Lewis and Sally Abrolous<\/li>\n<li>Running an international 60-person engineering and product management organizations as Senior VP of Products at Accellion<\/li>\n<li>Talks at software engineering and security conferences including ICSE, ICSM, ISSTA, and RSA, and publications in <em>IEEE Software, IEEE Security and Privacy, Software Practice and Experience.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;ve also volunteered with several non-profits, including<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>co-chairing the Northwest Entreprenuers&#8217; Network&#8217;s First-Look Forum pitch competition (with Rebecca Lovell and Rochelle Whalen), where we substantially increased participation by (and success of) women and under-represented minorities.<\/li>\n<li>co-chairing the ACM conference on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cfp2010.org\/\">Computers, Freedom, and Privacy in a Network Society<\/a> (with Dorothy Glancy and Sigurd Meldal) in 2010, where we developed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/breaking-news\/ci_15326665\">a social network users&#8217; bill of rights<\/a><\/li>\n<li>the National Academies\/CSTB software dependability panel <em><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.nationalacademies.org\/cstb\/completedprojects\/cstb_042247\">Sufficient Evidence?<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Board member at the Bill of Rights Defense Committee from 2011 to 2014<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"activism\" name=\"activism\"><\/a>With my activist and organizer hats on, I&#8217;m one of the leaders of <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@IndiPlusWA\/about-indivisible-plus-washington-caab4dd7f113\">Indivisible Plus Washington<\/a>, a 20,000+-person anti-racist non-partisan\u00a0 progressive statewide group.\u00a0 <a class=\"hoverable\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/a-change-is-coming\/a-bad-day-for-a-bad-privacy-bill-a-good-day-for-privacy-a2aeea8e8739\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/a-change-is-coming\/a-bad-day-for-a-bad-privacy-bill-a-good-day-for-privacy-a2aeea8e8739\">A bad day for a bad privacy bill, a good day for privacy<\/a>, <a class=\"hoverable\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/a-change-is-coming\/significant-progress-although-still-a-ways-to-go-sb-6280-sb-6281-update-82972ab8536d\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/a-change-is-coming\/significant-progress-although-still-a-ways-to-go-sb-6280-sb-6281-update-82972ab8536d\">Significant progress, although still a ways to go<\/a>, and <a class=\"hoverable\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@jdp23\/urgent-say-no-to-bad-washington-state-privacy-legislation-f6bb252d0963\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@jdp23\/urgent-say-no-to-bad-washington-state-privacy-legislation-f6bb252d0963\">Washington says NO! to bad Washington State Privacy Legislation<\/a> (from 2020) highlight how mostly-white progressive groups like Indivisible can follow the lead of diverse, community-led organizations and help contribute to a significant victory.\u00a0\u00a0 Current projects include privacy and civil liberties activism at the local, state, and national level; a focus on disinformation (working with Shireen Mitchell of Stop Online Violence Against Women); and voter mobilization.<\/p>\n<p>Past activism experience includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Organizer at <a href=\"http:\/\/get-fisa-right.wikifoundry.com\/page\/This+time%2C+we%27re+writing+the+history\">Get FISA Right<\/a>, best known for our 2008 organizing on my.barackobama.com, but still active today<\/li>\n<li>Working with Baratunde Thurston, Tracy Viselli, and Lillie Coney on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/10\/27\/business\/worldbusiness\/27iht-27link.17266736.html\">Voter Suppression Wiki<\/a>, and a great team of people on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.talesfromthe.net\/jon\/?p=242\">Twitter Vote Report<\/a>, also in 2008<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.talesfromthe.net\/jon\/?p=347\">Starting #p2 (the largest progressive hashtag on Twitter) with Tracy<\/a> in 2009<\/li>\n<li>work with civil liberties coalitions on issues like Stop Real ID Now (in 2005) and opposing TSA overreach (since 2010)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;ve also written and spoken extensively about activism.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/opensourcebridge.org\/wiki\/2017\/Grassroots_activism_is_hard._Can_open_source_help%3F\">Grassroots activism is hard.\u00a0 Can open source help?<\/a> (from Open Source Bridge 2017),\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/hashtag-resist\/intersectional-inclusion-perspectives-from-the-resistance-manual-2951f78ec32e\">Intersectional Inclusion: Perspectives from the Resistance Manual<\/a> (a 2017 interview with Aditi Juneja), <a href=\"http:\/\/talesfromthe.net\/jon\/?p=687\">Cognitive evolution and revolution<\/a> (from the opening plenary at Politics Online 2009), and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.talesfromthe.net\/jon\/?p=1113\">Social network activism and the future of civil liberties<\/a> (originally published on <em>Pam&#8217;s House Blend<\/em>) are good starting places .\u00a0 The <a href=\"http:\/\/talesfromthe.net\/jon\/?page_id=742\">Writings on activism<\/a> page on Liminal States has a lot more links.<\/p>\n<p>You can reach me by email (my first name at this domain), or social networks including <a href=\"http:\/\/jdp23.dreamwidth.org\/\">Dreamwidth<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/toot.cat\/@jdp23\">Mastodon<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jdp23\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/diasp.org\/u\/jdp23\">Diaspora *<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.new.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=623727023\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jdp23\">LinkedIn<\/a>, and a bunch of others that I&#8217;ve forgotten the passwords to.<\/p>\n<h2>Selected presentations<\/h2>\n<h3>Diversity, inclusion, and software engineering<\/h3>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/a-change-is-coming\/diversity-friendly-software-and-strategy-at-techinclusion-seattle-216adcacf780\">Diversity-friendly software and strategy,<\/a><\/em> TechInclusion Seattle, 2017.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@jdp23\/transforming-tech-with-diversity-friendly-software-338f56d91df\">Transforming Tech with Diversity-friendly software<\/a><\/em>, TRANSform Tech, 2017.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/a-change-is-coming\/diversity-friendly-software-at-sxsw-2017-references-c0ca05a191a6#.r106e1ylk\">Diversity-friendly software<\/a>, <\/em>with Shireen Mitchell, SXSW 2017.<\/p>\n<p><em>Supporting Diversity with a New Approach To Software <\/em>(<a href=\"http:\/\/opensourcebridge.org\/sessions\/1790\">session description<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/opensourcebridge.org\/wiki\/Supporting_diversity_with_a_new_approach_to_software\">wiki page<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/11t0BS1yJojKwPEcOuQ-iSiEkT1HlZ-VSn0f_vbhosVA\/edit?usp=sharing\">slides<\/a>), with Tammarrian Rogers, Open Source Bridge 2016<\/p>\n<p><em>Building Diverse Social Networks\u00a0<\/em>(<a href=\"http:\/\/achangeiscoming.net\/docs\/Building%20diverse%20social%20networks.pdf\">slides<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3M_v35HMx80\">video<\/a>), with Lynn Cyrin, Open Source Bridge 2015<\/p>\n<p><em>Towards Diversity-Friendly Social Networks<\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/achangeiscoming.net\/docs\/Building%20diverse%20social%20networks.pdf\">slides<\/a>),<em>\u00a0<\/em>with Deborah Pierce, Open Source Bridge 2014<\/p>\n<p><em>Cognitive evolution and revolution<\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/p2pt0.wikifoundry.com\/page\/Cognitive+evolution+and+revolution+at+%23polc09\">slides<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.talesfromthe.net\/jon\/?p=687\">discussion<\/a>), Politics Online 2009<\/p>\n<p><em>Dealing with Hate Speech, Flaming, and Trolls<\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/cfp.wikia.com\/wiki\/Dealing_with_hate_speech,_flaming,_and_trolls\">reference list<\/a>) at Computers, Freedom, and Privacy 2008<\/p>\n<p><em>Project Fabulous<\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/research.microsoft.com\/apps\/video\/dl.aspx?id=104543\">audio<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/msrvideo.vo.msecnd.net\/rmcvideos\/104543\/dl\/104543.pdf\">slides<\/a>), Microsoft Research Talk, 2005.\u00a0 Alas, the three talks in my Holistic System of Systems series are Microsoft-internal-only.<\/p>\n<h3>Software engineering and Security<\/h3>\n<p><em>What can Diaspora learn about security from Microsoft<\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.talesfromthe.net\/jon\/?p=1998\">blog post<\/a>), Blue Hat, 2010<\/p>\n<p><em>Computer Science as a Social Science: Applications to Computer Security, <\/em>with Sarah Blankinship, Data Devolution, 2006<\/p>\n<p><em>Graceless Degradation, Measurement, and Other Challenges in Security and Privacy<\/em>, invited talk, ICSE 2004<\/p>\n<p><em>Buffer Overruns<\/em>, RSA 2004<\/p>\n<p><em>Steering the Pyramids: Tools, Technology, and Process in Engineering at Microsoft<\/em>,\u00a0 keynote, ICSM 2002<\/p>\n<p><em>Analysis is necessary but by no means sufficient<\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/~harrold\/issta00\/cfp\/slides\/pincus.issta2000.ppt\">slides<\/a>), invited talk, ISSTA 2000\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m a software engineer \/ entrepreneur \/ strategist and activist who focuses on justice, equity, diversity, inclusion, and intersectionality.\u00a0 My current software project is The Nexus Today, an anti-oppressive news aggregator.\u00a0\u00a0 I also consult for and advise tech companies on software engineering, technology, and security. 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