Yo Yoshida, founder and CEO of Appallicious, received the Center for Digital Government’s Exemplary Leadership Award for his work with open data initiatives in San Francisco, Government Technology reported.
At a reception on Sunday at the Center’s seventh annual Industry Summit, "Best Fit Integrator" awards were given to 10 companies for their work on government IT projects across the nation. Awards were presented to companies and individuals for their dedicated efforts to help modernize government.
Yoshida worked with San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee on the city’s open data legislation. His company also created applications that help city residents find parks, playgrounds and museums, and score neighborhoods based on traffic noise, air quality, housing rates and other factors.
Yoshida is a regular contributor to Techwire.
