Jason I. Oh
I'm Jason I. Oh, a systems engineer and engineering executive turned writer and advisor. I've built and led engineering organizations at Deutsche Bank, Etsy, Shutterstock and Candid Care.
My work asks why some systems hold together under pressure while others drift into capture.
Writing
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An Architecture of Ignorance
The American Prospect, October 2026
An op-ed with Kevin M. Schultz on what happens when a government dismantles the data it uses to see itself.
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Lucid Nonsense
Substack
More than twenty essays for practitioners on leadership, organizations and how they fail.
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Topological Realism
topologicalrealism.com
The framework behind the writing: how power, incentives, information and accountability decide whether a system holds together.
Advisory
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Oh Advisory
ohadvisory.co
Fractional CTO and CPTO work, and strategic counsel for founders of growth-stage software companies.