Joel Herold is the Director of Application Development, providing support to Build Change in technology leadership, management, and advocacy. With over a decade of experience in the technology sector, he most recently held the role of Director of Technology at a full-service marketing agency, leading multidisciplinary teams to develop technology solutions for clients. As a technology generalist, he has managed the development of websites, mobile applications, AR, MR and ML projects, with strong experience on front end development and promoting UI/UX best practices. Joel’s passion is creating humane technology that allows people to thrive and solutions that support a fair, just, and inclusive world. He has previous nonprofit experience as a marketer and in his previous profession as an opera singer.