J.C. Herz is cofounder of IonChannel, a data and delivery platform for software supply chain intelligence and OSS devops. In 2006, she founded Batchtags, a startup that pioneered novel visual interfaces for large, highly interconnected networks. Batchtags was acquired by a defense firm in 2012.
Publications: J.C.’s four books have been translated into seven languages. As a New York Times columnist, J.C. published 100 essays on the grammar and syntax of game design. She has also written for Rolling Stone, Wired, and GQ. She is the co-author of A Dark and Dismal Flower, a gothic children’s fairy tale with interactive illustrations (available for iOS and Android).