"Jeff Ball is the Director of Open Government & Data Governance at the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. He is leading the development and advancement of transparency in the interest of trust and accountability in policing. Jeff is also responsible for the development and implementation of a trusted data governance framework to ensure the responsible and ethical creation, collection, storage, use and release of high quality data in the RCMP.

Jeff has over 17 years of experience in the federal public service, leading numerous data and information services and advocating for the evolution of information services and increased transparency for public good. "