Mark Boyd

Mark Boyd is a Principal Policy Associate at the Open Data Institute (ODI). Mark is a writer and policy analyst who focuses on supporting open ecosystems in which everyone can participate and co-create their own value. He is the lead author of the ODI’s Secondary use of health data in Europe report. He was the lead author of the API Framework for Digital Government, written for the European Commission's Joint Research Centre, and has been working on API strategies and resources for government and businesses for the past 10 years.

Prior to that, he worked in public health and urban planning where he designed data models and built dashboards for city governments to address key public health and social wellbeing needs.

He has worked in policy development to reduce inequalities and started his professional career contributing to initiatives that responded to the HIV/AIDS crisis in Australia in the early 90s.