Supported by Viget, Project Beacon helped launch two major digital tools for the state of Massachusetts: an application for public testing sites, businesses, K-12 schools, and more, to manage the entire testing process, as well as a vaccine locator tool for the public. These two tools have helped facilitate over 500,000 tests and have seen tens of millions of site visitors.
Panel Discussion Topics
- An overview of Project Beacon’s two main COVID-19 projects:
- A testing app for businesses, testing sites, and families to track the testing process, end-to-end
- A vaccine finder tool, which enables MA citizens to finds available vaccine appointments based on proximity
- Viget’s approach to building these tools quickly, ensuring iterative development and scalability
- How iterative and agile software design and development practices can facilitate shipping greenfield projects quickly and effectively.
The Presenters
Zach Robbins
Strategy Director at Viget, Moderator
Jackson Wilkinson
Chief Technology Officer at Project Beacon, Panelist
Ryan Schaefer
Project Manager at Viget, Panelist
Eli Fatsi
Development Director at Viget, Panelist
Tyler Berg
Product Designer at Viget, Panelist
