About Jesse
Jesse Lind is a software engineer and operations leader running for Arapahoe County Assessor. He lives in Littleton with his wife and four young children and has been a resident of Arapahoe County since 2013.
Before his career in software, Jesse served in the Army and worked as a Denver Paramedic. He then spent four years building property appraisal software: desktop comp evaluation tools and mobile inspection apps used in the field by appraisers and homeowners. That experience put him deep inside the valuation process: the relevant government forms (1004, 1073, etc.), the appraisal collection and documentation processes, and the systems that verify the integrity of data submitted to lenders. Because of that background, he understands what goes into an appraisal.
Jesse has spent years doing the organizational work he aims to bring to the Assessor's office: clarifying who owns what, getting critical knowledge out of individuals' heads and into shared systems, documenting processes so operations continue no matter who is present, finding and removing bottlenecks, and always stopping to ask what problem is actually being solved before generating momentum in the wrong direction. He listens to the people who actually run the day-to-day and know the details firsthand before making decisions about tooling or process. He focuses on automation that removes busywork so staff can apply the expertise people rely on them for. He runs retrospectives. He brings teams together.
Jesse sees the Assessor role as something like a chief resource officer for the department. When the team has reliable systems, documentation they can trust, and tooling built around their actual needs, the quality of property assessments follows naturally. His job is to make that possible.