Zachary Bookman

Zachary Bookman (born 1980) is an American government technology entrepreneur. He is co-founder and CEO of OpenGov, Inc, a cloud software company serving local governments and state agencies. Prior to founding OpenGov, Bookman served as Advisor to the Anti‑Corruption Task Force in Kabul, Afghanistan. He was also a trial litigator at Keker, Van Nest & Peters in San Francisco, and served as a law clerk to the Honorable Sandra S. Ikuta on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Education

Bookman holds a JD from the Yale Law School and an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School. He graduated as valedictorian of his class[1] from the University of Maryland 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

Bookman co-founded OpenGov, Inc in 2012 with Joe Lonsdale and Stanford University technologists.[3] With OpenGov, Bookman has worked to bring cloud software to local government,[4] a sector overlooked by many software-as-a-service firms.[5] Bookman has advocated for investments in "govtech" and bringing the cloud to government[6] and for creating a mission-driven culture in service of local governments.[7] In 2021 he completed a cross-country bike ride from the San Francisco Bay to the Chesapeake Bay to visit with local government leaders to thank them for their service and discuss shared challenges.[8]

Prior to founding OpenGov, 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[9]

Controversies

In September 2019, Bookman joined an expedition with Himalayan mountain guide Garrett Madison to attempt a late season ascent of Mount Everest. After determining that the autumn conditions were too dangerous to continue, in particular a large serac leaning over the route, Madison called off the attempt and turned around. On March 27, 2020, Bookman filed a lawsuit against Madison seeking $100,000 in punitive and compensatory damages over the $69,500 non refundable expedition fee.[10]

References
  1. "Zac Bookman, GVPT '02". University of Maryland College of Behavioral and Social Sciences. University of Maryland. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. Bookman, Zachary (22 April 2008). "Shine a light in Mexico". LA Times. LA Times. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  3. Wilkinson, Amy. "OpenGov: Bringing the Cloud to Government". Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  4. Chambers, John T. (15 October 2021). "Culture and Communication or Vision and Strategy with the CEOs of Sprinklr, OpenGov, and ASAPP". No. Ep. 14. Chambers Talks. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  5. O'Shaughnessy, Patrick. "How Government Works". No. Ep 10. Founder's Field Guide. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  6. Zolnoski, Joe (22 January 2016). "OpenGov Co-Founder & CEO Zac Bookman On Software for Governments". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  7. "OpenGov CEO Zac Bookman - PURPOSE: Founding for Impact". Tom Tom Foudation. 30 May 2018.
  8. Quigley, Dryden (November 2, 2021). "CEO biking across America stops in Charlottesville". NBC 29. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  9. Abi-Habib, Maria. "At Afghan Military Hospital, Graft and Deadly Neglect". No. 3 September 2011. The Wall Street Journal. The Wall Street Journal.
  10. Schlosser, Curt (5 October 2020). "Seattle mountaineering guide in legal battle with tech CEO seeking refund for failed Everest climb".
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