VillageReach
601 N 34 St
Seattle,
WA
USA
98103
Email:
james@villagereach.org
Biographical Sketch:
James is the Chief Technology Officer at Village Reach, an award-winning NGO that creates last mile solutions for public health systems in developing countries. James brings two decades of experience in technology applications for developing countries. Previously he founded Mifos, an open source banking system for microfinance, and MicroEnergy Credits, which enables clean energy access at the Bottom of the Pyramid. He started his career as a Peace Corps volunteer in West Africa.
2008 to present -- CTO VillageReach, Last Mile Technology Solutions for Health Care Systems
2001-2007 -- Technical Project Manager, Grameen Foundation
1998 -2001 -- US Presidential Management Fellow, Environmental Protection Agency and US Senate
1994-1996 -- System Analyst, Group Health Cooperative
• Winner, 2008 Global Social Venture Competition for MicroEnergy Credits
• Co-author “Electronic Banking for the Poor” 2005, World Summit on Information Systems (WSIS)
• Contributing author “Information Technology Innovations That Extend Rural Microfinance Outreach” Chapter 10, new partnerships for Microfinance. 2008.
• Co-author “XML Data Standards for Microfinance Information Exchange,” 2003 with Tapan Parikh
• Short article “Climate Change and Pakistan: Climate change mitigation is related to building democracy and decreasing poverty” Guest blogger on Grist.com
• Guest lecturer on Microfinance and Technology Innovation - University of Washington