Why Did FWD.us Add A CTO?

Former Bebo Vice President of Engineering and current PhotoSugar CEO Darius Contractor joined FWD.us, the political advocacy group established by Facebook Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, as chief technology officer, TechCrunch reported.

Former Bebo Vice President of Engineering and current PhotoSugar CEO Darius Contractor joined FWD.us, the political advocacy group established by Facebook Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, as chief technology officer, TechCrunch reported.

Contractor told TechCrunch he will work with volunteer engineers and lead hackathons and “hack days” to incorporate coding into the push for policy changes on issues including immigration reform.

According to TechCrunch, Contractor’s first big project with FWD.us is the FWD.us DREAMer Hackathon, to be held at LinkedIn headquarters in Mountain View, Calif.,

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