Collective action solutions. Open-source software. Data science. Land stewardship. Emergent strategy.

Land Stewardship, Sustainability, & Climate Action

Director of Fly Ranch. 2017-present.

5.9 sq mi (3.8K acres) dumping ground converted to participant-led art park, community center, healthy ecosystem, and working ranch.

Open-Source Data Science Co-Founder & Executive

Plotly Co-founder, COO 2012-15. Advisor, 2015-present.

Built MVP and V1, grew team to forty, 1M users, $7M raised, $2M ARR. Currently: 89K GitHub ⭐s (#125 on GitHub), 50M+ users, 10M+ downloads/mo, $30M raised.

Data Science, Growth, & Search Product Manager

Plotly, Water.org (2016-’17), and Change.org Product Manager, 2015 - 2016.

Used Python and Google Ads to identify search terms with high lifetime value, engagement, and growth. Built content, backlinks, and products to win searches and free, high-quality organic traffic. 👉 350.org proposal that explains this method. Shipped membership at Change.org that has 250,000+ supporters.

Privacy Product Management & Scholarship

Facebook Privacy 2011-12. California Vital Statistics Advisory Committee 2012-14.

Managed privacy on 5-10 weekly releases for growth, feed, hardware, and data. Third member of Privacy Team. PM for FB.com/dyi, PM Bootcamp, Data Science Bootcamp. Cited by Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Political Science Scholarship

Articles, statistics, and graphs on social issues.

Supreme Court Scholarship

Student Fellow, Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession 2011-12.

Managed three research assistants on 30 year Supreme Court analysis with R, Python, and MongoDB. My work on the Solicitor General has been cited by the NYT, Stanford Law Review, and Yale Law Journal. I have 800+ citations on Google Scholar. My h-index—a scholarly impact metric—is 4. The average law professor’s is 2.8. 

Social Contract Scholarship

College thesis on Tupac, social contract, and personal codes of conduct in non-ideal political climates. My article on Worcester v. Georgia has 20+ citations, including in the American Indian Law Review, National Indian Law Library, and Homeland Security’s Indian Law Handbook.

Supreme Court Reporter

SCOTUSblog.com Contributor, 2009-10.

I wrote and live blogged two weekly articles on the Supreme Court and oral arguments. Imprecise Language & Citizens United Polling was cited in the Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Cameras & the Supreme Court has been cited in seven law review articles. Co-recipient of American Bar’s Silver Gavel Award.

Harvard Student Body President

Harvard student body VP (2007-08) and President (2008-09).

Managed $600K budget, created $75K student fund, led campaign to move exams from Jan. and Feb. to Dec. The Harvard Crimson Editorial Board wrote in Mar. ‘08 that “The road to Ad Board reform is long, but if Sundquist can effectively influence positive reforms, then his legacy will loom far beyond the frequently trivial day-to-day concerns of the UC and profoundly impact student well-being for years to come.” We reformed the Ad Board (that article is from Jun. ‘09).