QA76.2 .G76 Biography
Christopher Groskopf
Creative and Intentional Technical Leadership
Chris is a strategic leader with 15+ years of experience creating products that engage and empower users. He has scaled teams of 40+ across product, design, and engineering. He strives to bring calm, compassion, and good judgment to every decision.
Outside work, Chris is a parent, omnivorous reader, small-dollar art collector, amateur historian, family genealogist, mediocre ukulele player, and occasional plastic rock climber. He is applying AI and data-driven methods to art history research.
2026–
pres.
Technical Manager, Discovery & Delivery
California Digital Library (University of California)
Ensuring faculty and students have seamless access to the collections of UC and world libraries
2023–
2026
Branch Chief, Dissemination Technology and Services
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Created data-driven products that empowered the American people to make informed public health decisions
2019–
2023
Deputy Managing Editor, Interactives and Graphics
FiveThirtyEight (Disney)
Published daily visual and interactive journalism, including FiveThirtyEight's signature election forecasts
N6490
Projects
ART 741.5
Samuel Colman: A Catalogue of the Artist’s Etchings
The authoritative catalogue of etchings created by 19th-century American artist Samuel Colman. It includes a biography based on extensive primary source research.
ART 741.5
The Diaries of James David Smillie
AI-generated transcriptions of the personal diaries of American artist James David Smillie (1833–1909), spanning 1865–1909, along with a bespoke web application for browsing the complete archive.
2,237 contributions
6 day streak
55 public repos
8,991 stars earned