CivicActions CEO and leadership

Aaron co-founded CivicActions in 2004. In his role as Chief Experience Officer (CXO), he is responsible for company culture, talent acquisition and professional development.In 2016, Aaron served at the United States Digital Service (USDS) helping improve the way the federal government procures digital services through culture change, policy reform, and strategic planning.He brings more than 20 years of information technology, free and open source software, and consulting experience to managing the firm and advising clients.CivicActions (prime and sub) clients include: Departments of Agriculture, Education, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Justice & Veterans Affairs; Executive Office of the President, Federal Communications Commission, House of Representatives, Smithsonian National Museum, US Sentencing Commission, US Treasury, California Child Welfare Digital Services (CWDS), California DMV, States of Georgia, North Dakota, Rhode Island & California, Cities of Boston, Los Angeles, Louisville, New York & San Francisco.Prior to CivicActions, Aaron facilitated leadership and communication seminars, creating extraordinary opportunities for men and women to deepen relationships, accomplish personal goals, and realize their authentic passions. He brings this experience to the unique aspects of generating a healthy organizational culture within a distributed team.Aaron is the Executive Director of the Agile Government Leaders Association, sits on the Board of Directors for Algeria Partners and ProudCity, and is an advisor to MaestroConference.He has presented at numerous conferences on a diverse range of interests and passions including federal procurement, organizational culture, digital strategy, free and open source software and mindfulness.Aaron lives between the Bay Area, Washington D.C. and Costa Rica, with his wife Nikki and their two daughters. He is passionate about photography, pugilism, snowboarding, podcasts, and fostering community.

Fen Labalme is a Chief Information Security Officer at CivicActions and is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He has worked as Founder at OpenPrivacy.org, CTO at 2idi Corporation, and Director of Technology at Songline (O'Reilly). Fen works or has worked at GovReady, opencontrol, and govthinktank. He studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) between 1975 and 1981.

Owen Barton joined CivicActions as Director of Engineering in 2005. He has been developing elegant solutions in Drupal for over 12 years and is widely credited with building one of the most reputable and experienced Drupal engineering teams on the planet. Owen serves as technical strategist, planner and innovation lead for nearly all of CivicActions’ clients. He is a strong advocate for agile methodologies, collaborative open source development, and user-driven development to help organizations achieve greater results online. Clients he has worked with at CivicActions include several federal agencies, the San Francisco Human Services Agency, and many NGOs, including Amnesty International, ACLU, Smithsonian Institution, Transparency International, American Public Media, Center for Reproductive Rights and Greenpeace. Before joining CivicActions, Owen worked as an independent contractor and spent five years as Technical Webmaster for the Las Cumbres Observatory. Previously, he taught science and mathematics in Malawi, Africa. Owen is an active contributor to the Drupal Security team, and co-maintains the Drush command line interface for Drupal. He has made many contributions to both Drupal core and contrib modules, ranging from accessibility improvements, through bug fixes to major new features. His work on Drupal 7 core front-end performance was sponsored by the Google “Make the Web Faster” project. He is a regular speaker and presenter at DrupalCon conferences and camps. Owen holds a bachelors degree in Environmental Science from Lancaster University. Originally from Wales, UK, he now resides in Santa Barbara, CA with his wife and three kids. In addition to his family, Owen is passionate about local organic food, alternative transportation, international development, universal health care, climbing, photography and dancing to African and electronic music.

Aaron co-founded CivicActions in 2004. In his role as Chief Experience Officer (CXO), he is responsible for company culture, talent acquisition and professional development.In 2016, Aaron served at the United States Digital Service (USDS) helping improve the way the federal government procures digital services through culture change, policy reform, and strategic planning.He brings more than 20 years of information technology, free and open source software, and consulting experience to managing the firm and advising clients.CivicActions (prime and sub) clients include: Departments of Agriculture, Education, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Justice & Veterans Affairs; Executive Office of the President, Federal Communications Commission, House of Representatives, Smithsonian National Museum, US Sentencing Commission, US Treasury, California Child Welfare Digital Services (CWDS), California DMV, States of Georgia, North Dakota, Rhode Island & California, Cities of Boston, Los Angeles, Louisville, New York & San Francisco.Prior to CivicActions, Aaron facilitated leadership and communication seminars, creating extraordinary opportunities for men and women to deepen relationships, accomplish personal goals, and realize their authentic passions. He brings this experience to the unique aspects of generating a healthy organizational culture within a distributed team.Aaron is the Executive Director of the Agile Government Leaders Association, sits on the Board of Directors for Algeria Partners and ProudCity, and is an advisor to MaestroConference.He has presented at numerous conferences on a diverse range of interests and passions including federal procurement, organizational culture, digital strategy, free and open source software and mindfulness.Aaron lives between the Bay Area, Washington D.C. and Costa Rica, with his wife Nikki and their two daughters. He is passionate about photography, pugilism, snowboarding, podcasts, and fostering community.

Owen Barton joined CivicActions as Director of Engineering in 2005. He has been developing elegant solutions in Drupal for over 12 years and is widely credited with building one of the most reputable and experienced Drupal engineering teams on the planet. Owen serves as technical strategist, planner and innovation lead for nearly all of CivicActions’ clients. He is a strong advocate for agile methodologies, collaborative open source development, and user-driven development to help organizations achieve greater results online. Clients he has worked with at CivicActions include several federal agencies, the San Francisco Human Services Agency, and many NGOs, including Amnesty International, ACLU, Smithsonian Institution, Transparency International, American Public Media, Center for Reproductive Rights and Greenpeace. Before joining CivicActions, Owen worked as an independent contractor and spent five years as Technical Webmaster for the Las Cumbres Observatory. Previously, he taught science and mathematics in Malawi, Africa. Owen is an active contributor to the Drupal Security team, and co-maintains the Drush command line interface for Drupal. He has made many contributions to both Drupal core and contrib modules, ranging from accessibility improvements, through bug fixes to major new features. His work on Drupal 7 core front-end performance was sponsored by the Google “Make the Web Faster” project. He is a regular speaker and presenter at DrupalCon conferences and camps. Owen holds a bachelors degree in Environmental Science from Lancaster University. Originally from Wales, UK, he now resides in Santa Barbara, CA with his wife and three kids. In addition to his family, Owen is passionate about local organic food, alternative transportation, international development, universal health care, climbing, photography and dancing to African and electronic music.