Hi! We are Datawrapper.
Datawrapper is a tool created by more than 20 people. We work together to create the best data visualization tool for everyone who wants to show their data in beautiful charts, maps, and tables.
As toolmakers, we share the responsibility for the design of the charts, maps, and tables our users create. We think a lot about what makes a good visualization good. What’s important for our users. And what’s important for those who will eventually look at their visualizations.
Our background helps: We spent many years studying data visualization and working as practitioners in international newsrooms like The New York Times, NPR, Deutsche Welle, Bloomberg, Correctiv and ZEIT Online. We’ve given dozens (hundreds?) of workshops and talks, contributed to community discussions through widely shared blog posts and worked on open source tools and resources that are being used around the world.
We learned a thing or two about good visualization design. Now we want to make our users benefit from these learnings – so that they can skip the beginner’s mistakes and create well-designed charts, maps, and tables.
Our team
David Kokkelink (@DavidKokkelink) is the CEO of Datawrapper, with a focus on daily operations and sales. As such, he works directly with users, visits customers from time to time, and keeps the office fridge filled.
Mirko Lorenz (@mirkolorenz) is Chairman of the Board. Before that, he served as CEO and later Co-CEO of the company for almost 10 years until 2019. His focus today is long-term strategy, working closely with the management team.
Gregor Aisch (he/him, vis.social/@gka) is Co-founder and Head of Data Visualization at Datawrapper. He started working on Datawrapper in 2012 and spent four years making graphics at The New York Times. Gregor lives in Berlin.
Lisa Charlotte Muth (she/her, @lisacmuth, formerly Lisa Charlotte Rost) is responsible for the communication at Datawrapper, especially the blog. She’s been writing about data vis for years and is excited to learn and teach.
Ivan Lokhov (he/him, @ilokhov) is a developer at Datawrapper, with a focus on front end engineering. He works on various aspects of Datawrapper and enjoys creating his own visualisations by combining his front end knowledge with passion for good design.
Anna Thieme is a basemap creator at Datawrapper, creating and updating maps for our mapping tool. When she’s not digging into shapefiles, TopoJSONs, qGis and mapshaper, she’s running her own catering company in Berlin. You need a map? Get in touch with her at support@datawrapper.de.
David Wendler (he/him, @newreld) is our head of design. Together with everyone else on the team he works on the user experience of Datawrapper. Before working at Datawrapper, he was responsible for the design at the interactive team of Berliner Morgenpost / Funke Medien Gruppe.
Elana Levin Schtulberg (she/her, @elanaEllesce) splits her time between leading the support team, ensuring our customer’s needs are met and feedback heard, and software development – anything she can do to improve the user experience. With a background in physics and design, she found the perfect intersection in data viz. Send any thoughts or feedback her way to support@datawrapper.de!
Hendrik Bartusch (he/him, @eXo_X5) is a backend developer at Datawrapper. Since he believes that only code that you wrote yourself, is code you truly understand (which is important for maintenance and debugging), he is often coding until late in the night until something is really DONE.
Daniela Haake (she/her) is the Operational Manager responsible for human resources, accounting, and information security. When she is not managing our office, she works as a coach to help people find solutions to their individual problems and gives workshops on self and time management.
Jakub Valenta is a software engineer at Datawrapper. He makes sure our PDF and SVG export produces high quality results. He also makes conceptual art and never stops being excited that the world exists.
Aya Tanikawa (@ayatnkw) is a support engineer at Datawrapper. She answers user requests, writes Academy articles, and enjoys solving problems with and for our users. When not at work, you can find her taking long walks in the woods. Get in touch with her with all your questions at support@datawrapper.de.
Rose Mintzer-Sweeney (@rosemintzers) writes for the blog at Datawrapper. She’s here to talk data vis, tell stories, and tweak punctuation. The rest of the time, you can find her exploring new cities and googling the etymology of every word you say. Drop her a line at rose@datawrapper.de.
Margaux Bourdon is a support engineer at Datawrapper. She’s answering our clients’ inquiries and concerns five days a week. Otherwise, you’ll find her wondering which craft to learn next or wandering flea markets. Don’t hesitate to reach out, even for the easiest things – there are no silly questions.
Marten Sigwart (he/him, @martensigwart) is a software engineer working on the Datawrapper app across the stack. Outside of Datawrapper, you’ll probably find him either working on one of his side projects or out and about exploring Berlin, playing football, and enjoying the sun.
Shaylee Safie (she/her) joined Datawrapper’s support team in 2022, after she visited Berlin one time and immediately knew she needed to move here. Outside of work, you can find her knitting, listening to podcasts, or exploring the city. If you’re trying to get a tricky data set to behave in Datawrapper, she’d love to help at support@datawrapper.de.
Livnah is our office manager who takes care of all the needs in our office as well as the patio and garden; and most importantly makes sure the snack drawer is always filled up.
Elliot Bentley (he/him, @elliot_bentley) is a senior data visualisation developer at Datawrapper, based in London. He previously worked on interactive graphics and internal tools at The Wall Street Journal and created the popular web app oTranscribe. Outside of work, Elliot likes to make his own video games.
Lucas “Doce” Fernandes (he/they, @doceazedo911) is a curiosity-driven developer, a Svelte evangelist, and a live coder from Brazil. When not smashing bugs and building new features for Datawrapper, he likes to livestream his coding sessions and listen to some of the vinyl records he collects.
Inga Lev (she/her) is a backend developer who joined Datawrapper in 2022 and cares deeply about quality. She lives in Berlin with her wife and their cat. When she is not at work or tired (which has been quite rare in recent years), she is hiking or meeting friends.
Veronika Halamková (she/her, @v_halamkova) is a data vis writer in the Communications team. She lives in Berlin and is here to create and write about beautiful data visualizations. Before Datawrapper, she worked in the data team at Tortoise Media. Say hi at veronika@datawrapper.de.
Gustav Neustadt (he/him, @gustavneustadt@vis.social) is a student of interface design and design intern at Datawrapper. He studies and lives in Potsdam with his partner and their three kids. Gustav has a passion for good software and especially great type design. You can see more from Gustav on his website, gustavneustadt.de.
How to reach us
Do you have questions or feedback? Do you want to work with us? We’re always happy to hear from you.
