Ron Bronson is a critical designer whose work diagnoses the corrosive effects of platform urbanism on the social fabric. He brings a service design approach to deconstructing how platforms serviceize the city, turning every urban interaction into a frictionless, data-generating transaction. His work demonstrates that the core political failure is a jurisdictional one: city halls, state legislatures, and federal agencies are siloed and slow, utterly ill-equipped to regulate fluid, global, and fast-moving algorithmic systems. Ron is currently an Assistant Professor of Practice in Urban Technology at the Taubamn College of Architecture and Urban Plannng,

Civic Tech

Ron Bronson works on the technology that public institutions rely on every day. He spent almost eight years inside the US General Services Administration at 18F, a special operations team created to help agencies build and buy modern digital services. At 18F he led the design practice, supported dozens of federal programs, and worked with senior leaders on modernization, procurement, security reviews, and vendor performance. His background spans local, state, and federal government as well as higher education. He has worked with partners across health and human services, defense, courts, transportation, and benefits programs.