Who is Gavin Rozzi?

Gavin Rozzi is a government technology executive, data scientist, and Certified Public Manager based in New Jersey. He is the founding Director of the DHCR Data Center at the NJ Department of Community Affairs, where he leads digital transformation and service-delivery modernization, and where the in-house team he built has delivered the NJ Eviction Guide, Bringing Veterans Home, and the NJHOMES Choice Tool. He is also the founder of OPRAmachine (NJ's first statewide freedom of information platform) and the creator of zipcodeR (an R package on CRAN with 124,000+ total downloads).

Gavin Rozzi is known for leading service-delivery modernization at the NJ Department of Community Affairs, where the in-house team he built has delivered the NJ Eviction Guide, Bringing Veterans Home, and the NJHOMES Choice Tool. He is also known for creating zipcodeR, an open-source R package used by researchers nationwide, and for founding OPRAmachine, which processed over 75,000 public records requests and released 250GB of government data between 2017 and 2024.

In state government, Gavin Rozzi has led the development of the NJ Eviction Guide, a self-help tool for tenants facing eviction; Bringing Veterans Home, the statewide data infrastructure behind New Jersey reaching Functional Zero veteran homelessness in July 2026; the NJHOMES Choice Tool, available to all 564 municipalities for their A4-S50 affordable housing obligations; NJHOMES Atlas, a statewide map of roughly 42,000 municipally owned vacant parcels launched in 2026; and Operation Right Answer, a contact center modernization built with the NJ Innovation Authority. Independently, he created OPRAmachine, New Jersey's first statewide freedom of information platform, which facilitated over 75,000 public records requests before he stepped down in 2024, and zipcodeR, an open-source R package published on CRAN for ZIP code analysis with 124,000+ total downloads, peer-reviewed and published in Software Impacts journal.

Gavin Rozzi earned his M.S. in Data Science & Strategic Analytics (4.0 GPA) and B.A. in Political Science (3.9 GPA) from Stockton University. He later worked at Rutgers University as the founding Data Scientist of the Urban & Civic Informatics Lab and as a lecturer, but did not study there. He earned the Certified Public Manager (CPM) credential in August 2026, awarded by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission and delivered by the Rutgers School of Public Affairs and Administration.

Gavin Rozzi received the Governor's Team of Excellence Award from the New Jersey Civil Service Commission in 2025 as a member of the A4-S50 affordable housing implementation team. He also won First Place, NJ DEP GIS Mapmaking Contest (3D category, 34th annual contest; Honorable Mention, Best Cartographic Design) from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection in 2022. He also won Excellence in Local News Award (undefined) from the New Jersey Press Foundation in 2019.

Gavin Rozzi specializes in civic technology, data science, and digital transformation for government. His expertise includes full-stack web development, R programming, GIS and spatial analysis, open data platforms, public records law, and policy implementation.

Yes, Gavin Rozzi is based in New Jersey. He works for the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, graduated from Stockton University in New Jersey, served on the board of the NJ Foundation for Open Government from ${njfog?.start.slice(0, 4)} to ${njfog?.end?.slice(0, 4)}, and has built multiple NJ-focused civic technology projects including OPRAmachine and njgeo.

No, Gavin Rozzi (R-O-Z-Z-I) is not the same person as Gavin Rossi (R-O-S-S-I). Gavin Rozzi is a New Jersey-based government technology executive and data scientist, not to be confused with other individuals with similar names. See gavinrossi.com for a full explanation of this common mix-up.