Emmanuel Colmenares, in a pinstriped suit and navy tie, smiling in front of a marble colonnade.

I consult, manage teams, and I build software on the side.

Currently I consult for Brown University, where I build and run the websites behind a peace-and-security publication and edit its briefs. Before that I spent a semester as a Policy-in-Action analyst with the City of Boston, figuring out why its mobile vending program was failing its smallest vendors and producing the research map the City now uses to site push carts. I came to Brown after five years in the Marine Corps, where I managed a sixty-person maintenance team and a $200M equipment portfolio, and left with a bachelor’s in Slavic Studies and a Master of Public Affairs.

The work below is the short list. My resume has the full story in order, and off hours has the rest of me.

Selected Works
  1. 2026

    International Peace and Security

    Built and run the web home of a graduate policy publication at Brown, plus its sister site and a full accessibility rebuild of a course site.

    Designer, developer, and managing editor.
  2. 2026

    Boston Foot Traffic

    Public analytics site that turns Boston foot-traffic data into siting recommendations for small businesses and food trucks. Winner of the MPA Policy in Action Project Award; recommendations adopted by the City of Boston.

    Policy-in-Action Project Analyst.
  3. 2026

    Leksika

    An iPhone app for passive, low-friction Russian vocabulary. Built alone in Swift and SwiftUI, live on the App Store.

    Solo developer.
  4. 2026

    Soyle

    A sister app to Leksika for Kazakh, born out of a semester in Kazakhstan. Live on the App Store.

    Solo developer.