Kerry Mitchell, Creative Director for the Sunlight Foundation, has been designing and developing Web sites since 1995. Prior to joining the foundation, Kerry worked as the Publications and Information Systems Manager for the University of South Carolina where he automated various levels of data extraction and created systems to streamline offline publication of print materials. As Product Manager for Epinions.com, Kerry served as the official User Advocate as well as the technical liaison between the engineers and designers. Most recently he was working as a technology consultant for JETRO, the Japanese External Trade Organization. He speaks very little Japanese.