Mr. Thomas Goff

Mass Economics / data-Fab

Thomas Goff is a partner at Mass Economics and a co-founder of data-Fab. Thom works with data-Fab staff to develop new approaches and tools for its extensive and robust data platform, which drives both data-Fab’s and Mass Economics’ research and consulting work. Thom’s work at Mass Economics blends demographic, economic, business, statistical, and spatial analysis to guide neighborhoods, cities and regions in their economic and land development strategies. In addition to developing industry-cluster strategies for comprehensive economic development plans in cities across the U.S., Thom’s recent areas of focus include tracking the (socio)economic impacts of COVID-19, working with partners on economic equity indicators and a data-dashboard, evaluating innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems, identifying and assessing innovation districts, and the creation of urban industrial land and real estate development models and strategies at the scale of individual sites up to entire cities. Prior to Mass Economics, Thom was a Senior Analyst at the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) in Boston, where he was responsible for the internal management and execution of projects and the creation and management of a SQL database containing detailed industry data for thousands of urban areas nationwide.