Seb Bacon is a manager, analyst, and programmer with a lifelong interest in “civic tech” and open data. He is responsible for all the the software-related outputs of the DataLab, including OpenPrescribing, which provides free analytics about prescribing behaviour to all GPs and CCGs in England. Prior to EBM DataLab, he was CTO at OpenCorporates, creating the largest open database of corporate data in the world. Elsewhere, he has been responsible for the design and deployment of the international Freedom of Information software, Alaveteli; he was a founder of Democracy Club, an organisation dedicated to transparency in the operation of UK elections.