About Dimagi
Get to Know Our Team
Dimagi’s 125+ team of product development and implementation staff are based across six offices, with additional staff around the world.
Dimagi’s 125+ team of product development and implementation staff are based across six offices, with additional staff around the world.
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Jonathan Jackson is a social entrepreneur, innovator, and dynamic leader with extensive mobile technology expertise in both low-income and high-income settings. He has co-founded multiple organizations focused on improved healthcare delivery and poverty alleviation. As co-founder and CEO of Dimagi, Jonathan has overseen the growth of the company from the founding team to over 100 employees worldwide that operate programs in over 50 countries. He made an uncompromising commitment to open source software and developed a highly interactive collaborative culture that fosters partnerships across academics, philanthropists, and implementers. Jonathan holds both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT. He also co-founded Cogito Corp, a pioneering behavioral analytics company. Jonathan is a visiting scientist at Brigham and Women's Hospital Decision Systems Group and a lecturer at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology.
Founder & Chief Medical Officer
Vikram Sheel Kumar is an engineer and physician who co-founded Dimagi to bring the energy of the open source movement to solve important and interesting problems in health. The son of an inventive neurosurgeon, Vikram invented a privatizing fax machine with his father at the age of 14. Vikram did his graduate thesis at the MIT Media Laboratory where he developed one of the earliest video games for health on a wireless mobile device. Vikram is a co-founder of Cogito Corp and Inplore Inc. Vikram studied engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology and Columbia University and medicine at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology where he graduated magna cum laude. He completed a residency in Clinical Pathology from the Brigham & Women's Hospital. Vikram co-writes the Technology Corner column for the leading peer reviewed laboratory medicine journal, Clinical Chemistry. Vikram has won numerous awards including being named an MIT Technology Review's TR100 and its Humanitarian of the Year, a Paul E. Strandjord Young Investigator, and a Paul and Daisy Soros New American. Along with Jon, he was named a 2012 Social Entrepreneur Awardee by the Schwab Foundation at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of New Champions.
Chief Operations Officer
Carter is the Chief Operations Officer at Dimagi, Inc., and leads all facets of Dimagi’s business operations, including business development, sales, finance, legal, HR, and domestic and international operations. Carter is passionate about sustainable business strategies and data-driven decision making, and brings an academic rigor towards evaluating the impact of Dimagi’s business, technology, services, and products. Carter joined Dimagi in 2011 and has lead Dimagi through a period of tremendous growth. During this time, Dimagi has grown from $2M in revenue to nearly $15 million revenue, from 10 staff members to over 145, and from supporting projects in 10 countries to now supporting active technology projects delivering quality health care to urban and rural communities in over 60 countries. Carter has managed cross-functional teams to achieve Dimagi’s aggressive business goals and expansion globally, and is seen as an entrepreneurial leader with a strong track record of developing business ventures from identification through execution. Carter holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He has spent his prior professional life working in management consulting and finance with Oliver Wyman, managing multiple international projects across North America, Africa, Asia, Europe, and Middle East. Prior to joining Dimagi, Carter was also a Senior Associate at ideas42, a Harvard-based think tank applying behavioral economics to design financial products for the poor. Carter has recently presented at events including: Harvard Kennedy School's - Leadership for Systems Change, MIT Global Startup Workshop – Guatemala, Business Call To Action – Capturing Impact: Inclusive Business and Development, Unite for Sight Global Health and Innovation Conference at Yale, Harvard Africa Business Conference, and others. .
Chief Strategy Officer
Neal Lesh is a computer scientist with field experience in applying information technologies to help organizations address poverty in low-income regions. He has published and lectured extensively in data visualization, data mining, and automated planning and logistics. He has developed medical record and analysis systems for Partners in Health, the government of Rwanda, and a large AIDS treatment program in Tanzania, and worked with many other Universities and NGOs. He is coordinating a Harvard-funded research project in South Africa. Neal holds a PhD in computer science from the University of Washington and a masters degree in global health from the Harvard School of Public Health.
Chief Engineering Officer
Lucina is the VP of Engineering at Dimagi. She oversees the execution of the technology team at Dimagi to ensure that CommCare continues meeting the needs of our diverse projects and partners. Prior to Dimagi, she's had experience in electrical engineering and consulting for both growing businesses as well as small social impact start-ups.
VP of Services, Americas
Courtney is the VP of Services, Americas at Dimagi, which involves managing the Global Services team based in the Americas and supporting Dimagi's Strategic Planning approach. Prior to working at Dimagi, Courtney spent 11 years at Accenture, primarily in their Digital Services group. She is thrilled to create the optimal processes to amplify the influence of Dimagi's consulting arm, the face of CommCareHQ across the globe.
Director of New Business
Shabnam Aggarwal is a social entrepreneur, an innovator, an advisor, and an advocate for failure. Shabnam has spent her entire career working to build products and solutions to sustainably support marginalized people (mostly children) in developing nations like India and Cambodia. Shabnam is formally trained as an engineer and product designer, but the majority of her work now focusses on helping entrepreneurs get their ideas off the ground and rapidly growing to new users. Shabnam's focus at Dimagi is to identify new business opportunities and experiment to see what sticks. In her free time, Shabnam enjoys reading, writing (she's currently writing a book!), hiking, gardening, and playing with kids.
Full-Stack Software Engineer
Gabriella is an engineer who is excited to be part of a team of people who care about the work they do and the impact it has. She graduated from Tufts University in 2018 with a B.S. in Computer Science and Environmental Studies and a desire to make a difference with software. Outside of work she enjoys traveling, reading, belly dancing, and petting dogs.
Account Executive
Ben, an Account Executive at Dimagi, is a passionate advocate for using the power of business and technology to solve complex social problems. Prior to Dimagi, Ben graduated with an MBA from North Carolina State University with an emphasis in Finance and Data Analytics. Post-MBA, he worked with local nonprofits and NGOs to tackle various projects, ranging from earned income strategies for food banks to data analysis for rural homeless shelters. Previously, Ben studied Entrepreneurship and Economics at Rowan University where he was also captain of the Track and Field team. Upon graduation, Ben spent two years in AmeriCorps NCCC where he traveled the United States to help build leaders and strengthen communities through national service. Outside of work, Ben enjoys hiking, sandwiches, the Green Bay Packers and joggling.
Senior Engineer & Head of Design
Biyeun Buczyk is an engineer who is passionate about improving user experience and creating reusable, thoughtful code. She hates the idea of having a normal 'desk job' and thinks that the world would be a better place if everyone truly enjoyed and cared about their work. Biyeun graduated in 2010 with an S.B. degree in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Project Manager
Molly is a Project Manager with Dimagi. Her career in public health began in northern Uganda where she spent several months working with traditional birth attendants at a maternity clinic aimed at bringing holistic, sustainable care to women in post-conflict areas, even serving as the occasional ambulance driver. Molly traded in the rural life for a job in Washington, DC where she focused primarily on donor coordination within the fields of reproductive, maternal, and newborn health. While she loved DC, Molly missed the challenges of direct program implementation and decided to head back out to the field where she is eager to work with diverse communities and contribute to mobile solutions that make quality healthcare more accessible to women and their families. Molly has an MSc in Development Management from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a BA in Comparative Politics from American University.
Senior Engineer
Giovanni is an engineer who believes in creating and using technology to make a positive difference in the world, and he enjoys coming up with creative solutions to solve real-world problems. Prior to joining Dimagi, Giovanni worked as a developer at a financial services company where his job was primarily in data warehousing. He has a B.S. in Computer Science from Trinity College.
Quality Assurance Lead
Nick joins Dimagi as a member of the QA team. Nick graduated from Bates College where he was a member of the football team and school’s community outreach program. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Health and Biological Psychology. Before joining Dimagi, Nick spent some time doing customer service and quality assurance for a company that handled pre-tax employee benefits. He is a Massachusetts native who loves being outdoors and physically active.
Director of Partnerships
Anthony is the Director of Partnerships at Dimagi. He currently runs our Washington DC office where he focuses on developing high impact partnerships to implement technology solutions for health, agriculture, and economic development and emergency response projects. Prior to joining Dimagi, Anthony had several years experience of working in agriculture in developing countries. He served as lead project manager on several government underwritten large-scale agricultural infrastructure projects in the Niger Delta. During this time he also helped develop several gas and solar power projects throughout West Africa. Afterwards, he founded and managed the first crowd-sourced agricultural market information system with integrated SMS capabilities. This continues to operate today, and provides useful agricultural data to several food security groups. He has lived in six countries, and has professional experience in several dozen. Anthony holds an undergraduate degree from the American University of Paris and an M.Sc. from the School of Oriental and African Studies: London, where he graduated with superlatives. His masters thesis on the socio-economic impact of the Zimbabwe Government of National Unity allowed him to consult the London branch of the Movement for Democratic Change on a pro-bono basis.
Senior Support Analyst
Kai Cowger, the Senior Support Analyst at Dimagi, is an international development professional passionate about changing lives around the world through the use of effective, proven technologies. He brings experience living and working in several countries across East and West Africa. He has designed, built, and rolled-out mobile and cloud based solutions for his various interest areas, ranging from Maternal and Child Health in Southwest Uganda to contact tracing for Ebola in Guinea. He is an active water polo athlete, writes every day, owns the cutest dog on the planet, and secretly aspires to be a chef. If ICT4D doesn't work out, he plans to open a gastropub on the northwest coast of Spain.
User Engagement Manager
Marshall is Dimagi’s User Engagement Manager. With a background in human geography, he’s dedicated to helping people explore and understand the world around them. At Dimagi he builds systems, tools, and content to help users find solutions with CommCareHQ. Marshall started his career at National Geographic and later nurtured his inner designer at urban planning firm Sasaki Associates. Most recently he tried his hand at West Coast living while leading product and marketing efforts for Tableau in Seattle… only to realize he missed the East Coast State of Mind. Originally from Baltimore, Marshall holds a B.A. in Geography from Vassar College. He loves wandering bike rides, making pancakes on Sunday, and planning weekend adventures in Google Maps.
Senior Field Manager
Jensen loves food. Not only is it a delicious biological necessity, it is a universal language, and a vehicle of personal and cultural expression. Jensen is joining Dimagi Inc.'s US office after two years in India, where he supported several of Dimagi's large scale Global Services implementations in India, Myanmar, and Nepal. After graduating with a very pertinent B.A in English literature, Jensen served for 2.5 years as a Peace Corps Volunteer in West Africa, serving in Guinea as a public health educator, and moving on to serve in Senegal, focusing on country-wide promotion of government efforts in malaria prevention and elimination, which included collaboration on an mHealth deployment with Dimagi's Dakar office. Other non-food interests include learning languages, overanalyzing, writing, hip-hop, lifting, alternative electronic music, cartoons, and meeting and conversing with animals (mostly dogs). He is a native English speaker who also speaks French, Spanish, and rudimentary Malayalam and Pulaar.
Engineer
Jon is an engineer who joined Dimagi to make a difference while writing code. Prior to Dimagi, he was working at a telecommunications company on a server backend. Outside of work Jon enjoy taking day trips to new places, climbing, drinking wine, and cooking and eating food. Jon received his bachelors in Computer Engineering from Tennessee Technological University.
Senior Editor & Content Strategist
Sam Farnham is a Senior Editor & Content Strategist at Dimagi. He joined from R/GA New York, where he worked as an account supervisor on global brand and product campaigns for Samsung, Verizon, SolarCity and others. He has broad experience in content strategy, social media strategy, CRM, and passion point-focused integrated marketing campaigns. Prior to beginning a career in marketing and communications, Sam graduated from Dartmouth College with a BA in Development and International Economics and a minor in Italian. Outside of work, he has served as Chief Misinformation Officer of an award-winning political card game, volunteered as part of service learning projects — mentoring first-generation college-going high schoolers and organizing men’s groups at local VA hospitals — and continues to pursue his interest in outdoor photography
Head of People Operations, U.S.
Molly joins the Dimagi team after completing two years of service with AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps. With AmeriCorps, Molly traveled around the southwestern United States serving low-income communities on a wide variety of projects, from chainsawing to tutoring in urban schools. Before AmeriCorps, Molly received her BA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in Public Health and Psychology. During her studies, Molly was able to gain experience working in a support role serving as the office manager for the Public Health Peer Advising Office. While living for five months in a small community in Ghana, Molly saw first hand the need for mobile technology in international development, and became passionate about working to better global health. Molly is also passionate about service work and efficiency, and in her free time you can find Molly watching the Lord of the Rings, cooking elaborate meals, or reading a good book.
Research Assistant
Julia is a research assistant on the Global Services team at Dimagi. Prior to Dimagi, Julia studied community health and psychology at Tufts University. She is enthusiastic about the intersection of health and technology and how mobile technology can improve healthcare outcomes. In her free time, Julia enjoys most things active and outdoors as well as cooking, reading, and music.
Senior Program Manager
An adventurer at heart, Rishad is interested in social design and in the implementation of creative, evidence-based interventions in low resource communities. He is keen on exploring diverse avenues for Dimagi’s technology and collaborating closely with various organizations and beneficiaries at the grassroots level. Prior to joining Dimagi, Rishad worked as an analyst at National Economic Research Associates (NERA) in New York City. As a part of NERA’s securities, mass torts and labor practices, he carried out extensive data-driven analyses for litigation purposes. While in New York, he completed the StartingBloc Institute for Social Innovation and raised funds for a non-profit organization that supports the education of underprivileged girls in India. Rishad grew up in Calcutta before crossing shores for his undergraduate education. He studied Economics and Art History at Vassar College and spent a semester in Denmark. Food, art and architecture are his avid interests. He enjoys any adventure that leads to serendipitous discoveries of new cuisines, sites and structures. As a field manager, he is now looking forward to many such discoveries – in sight and taste –across the Indian subcontinent.
Global Director of People Operations
Currently, Rikimah serves as Dimagi's Global Director of People Operations with over 14 years of experience building infrastructure one day at a time. Prior to joining Dimagi, Rikimah worked for 350.org serving as their Global Human Resource Director, Equality California as their Chief Administrative Officer, Color Of Change as their Director of Operations & Administration and the New Organizing Institute serving as their Director of Finance & Operations. In addition, she has worked for the Office of Presidential Correspondence and for Democrats Abroad in Argentina. During the 2008 Obama campaign, Rikimah was a Volunteer Coordinator and Canvasser in Los Angeles. She holds a B.A. in History from the University of California, Los Angeles, an MBA, and a Masters in Project Management. She currently serves on the UCLA Black Alumni Association's Board. When Rikimah's not having a great time presenting at conferences like InsideNGO, she's traveling the world with her son, chasing horses at the nearby stable, searching for amazing foods to try, and on some days, sitting under a tree playing tic tac toe enjoying the environment and all that it has to offer.
Senior Strategic Services Associate
Laurence (Lars for short) joined Dimagi Global Services Team with a very diverse background and broad experience. Strongly technical with a career foundation in numerical simulation research engineering and some recent experience in data analytics, she also has practice in project management and was exposed to industries as varied as aerospace, finance, nuclear power, energy efficiency, and pharmaceuticals. As for work environments, they ranged from government body or government funded organizations to consulting, with periodic startup stints. Laurence grew up all over the world including in developing countries where she was exposed at an early age to the challenges that their population can face. She has a PhD in Applied Mathematics & Scientific Computation from Bordeaux I University and an MBA from MIT Sloan School of management. Laurence intends to leverage the breadth of her skills to help Dimagi drive impact to underprivileged communities.
Engineering Manager
Ashley is an engineer interested in complex systems, weird errors, usability, and solving real problems. After 7+ years fighting with warehouse robots and herding cats (Engineers), she decided that Dimagi offered the opportunity to solve more important problems than how to deliver packages more quickly. As an Engineering Manager, she's interested in building smart, dynamic teams that know when to focus on the whole solution and when to get into details. She graduated from RPI in 2009 with a bachelors in Electrical and Computer Engineering, then backpacked for 6 months before landing in her previous life working with robots. Outside of work, she likes to travel, ski, read, and wander around aimlessly. She can outline a two week backpacking trip in about an hour.
Director of Partnerships and Sales
Ryan has deep technical experience in web and application software and an entrepreneurial passion for improving the world with technology. He has built and deployed custom software solutions for the US Government, non profits, NGOs and private industry in more than 20 countries. Prior to working at Dimagi, he led the open source release of OpenLMIS at VillageReach and launched a startup in Seattle. Ryan holds a BA in Computer Science from Colgate University.
Senior Research Associate
Xian is a Research Associate at Dimagi who is primarily responsible for grant strategy/planning and development of proposals for Dimagi’s CommCare platform in US-based projects. Her current focus is on the development of NIH small business innovation research (SBIR) proposals. Xian received both her BA and PhD from New York University in Psychology with a focus on cognition and perception, specifically the visual perception of material properties. She has since applied her skills and interest in the study of human behavior to the study of human interaction with healthcare technology. Just prior to working at Dimagi, she spent 6 years in Nashville as a research manager in the Department of Biomedical Informatics at Vanderbilt University and worked closely with multiple investigators and teams on a range of federally-funded health informatics projects, including the development and evaluation of mobile technology for medication adherence for adolescents with asthma and adaptation of AHRQ Type 2 diabetes guides for dissemination through a patient portal using a patient-centered approach. She specializes in a mixed methods approach to studying healthcare technology and usability and is excited about the opportunities of making healthcare accessible to all through mobile health innovation. Xian happily joined Dimagi in 2015 to help make a greater impact in healthcare both at home and abroad and enjoys burning the midnight oil to further those efforts.
Partnerships Associate
Mackenzie is a member of the Sales & Marketing team at Dimagi, and is primarily focused on sales development and customer engagement initiatives. She joins Dimagi after graduating from Northeastern University, where she received a degree in Marketing and Entrepreneurship. Her passion for utilizing technology to prompt social change drove her to focus her studies on social entrepreneurship and international development. These interests, coupled with her background in the tech industry, make Dimagi a perfect fit. Outside of Dimagi, Mackenzie enjoys hiking, traveling, or hanging out with dogs. If interested in learning more about how you can use CommCare, please feel free to reach out to Mackenzie at [email protected]
Global Director of Finance
Jason has a diverse background in the public and private sector predominantly focused on Southeast Asia. Before joining Dimagi he was a Member of the Board of Directors and Manager for Client Services at GL Advisor helping to build the company’s start-up operations in Manila, and acted as a Consultant supporting companies looking to setup overseas operations in the Philippines. Jason received a Masters in International Affairs from American University’s School of International Service, and holds a B.A. in International Relations from Wheaton College in Massachusetts.
Senior Field Manager
Kaley is a Field Manager on Dimagi’s global services team. During her career in international public health she has built compostable latrines in rural Panama, led community health seminars in Honduras, collaborated on a nutrition and child development project in rural Guatemala, and provided early learning opportunities for child laborers in Antigua, Guatemala. Kaley has her Master’s degree from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in International Health and Nutrition and two B.A.’s from the University of Colorado at Boulder in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology and Spanish Literature. A Colorado native who was on skis before she could walk, Kaley is happiest in her hiking boots, on a mountain, or in a tent. She also enjoys cooking, gardening, and studying languages.
Senior Associate People Operations
Alyssa comes to Dimagi from over 10 years of executive level experience in the art world. She is excited to bring her administrative skill set to the operations team and is eager to help Dimagi move forward in its mission. Alyssa has a life-long passion for both the arts and civic engagement. In between earning her Bachelor's Degree in Music (applied oboe) from Western Michigan University and a Master's degree in Arts Administration from Boston University, she served as a volunteer in Washington State, through AmeriCorps, and in Azerbaijan with the Peace Corps.
Technical Project Manager
Matt is a Senior Field Manager with Dimagi’s global services team. At Dimagi, Matt implements innovative community health, agriculture, social services and social sales projects in Haiti, Ghana and South Africa. Working at Dimagi has allowed Matt to apply his academic passions to help reduce health disparities and bring services to underserved communities. Over the past two years Matt has worked in Haiti on the implementation of a national scale community health application combining workflows around maternal health, family planning, child vaccination and HIV service delivery. Matt has also worked to launch Hospital Performance Measurement in Ghana, implemented an agricultural extension program in South Africa, and supported Base-Of-Pyramid sales of chlorine for water treatment in Haiti. Before joining Dimagi, Matt worked at USAID analyzing and documenting public-private partnerships for family planning. Matt holds an MBA in Healthcare Management and an MS in International Health Policy & Management from the Heller School at Brandeis University, and a BA in Anthropology and Psychology from Marlboro College.
Senior Engineer II
Daniel is a software engineer who tries to apply the Zen of Python to his work as often as possible. Beautiful is better than ugly. Simple is better than complex. Readability counts. He values a deep understanding of the tools he uses to build systems and solve problems that hopefully make the world a better place. When he's not doing his day job, Daniel enjoys bicycling, studying theology and philosophy, and spending time with family and friends. He also works on and contributes to several open source projects. He developed an open source text editor, which he uses every day for software development tasks. Daniel graduated from LeTourneau University with a bachelors degree in Computer Science and Engineering.
Director of Product, SaaS
Dev is a seasoned, creative and driven Product leader. His desire to build products for social impact brought him to Dimagi. Dev comes to Dimagi after building successful tools/products in the collaboration, content management and mobile payments space. Prior to joining Dimagi, Dev drove growth at ROAM (acquired by Ingenico), where he led their ‘Mobile Point-of-Sale’ products. Outside of work, Dev enjoys rock climbing, deepening his yoga practice, hiking, snowboarding, and traveling to off-the-beaten path destinations. He also enjoys mentoring new/aspiring Product Managers. Dev lives in Chelsea, MA with his wife and their 8 indoor plants.
Project Manager
Alexandra Morgan-Kisarale is an ICTD academic-practitioner with a strong conviction for advancing social justice, particularly in education. Committed to improving the practice of teaching and learning, Alexandra entered the field of ICTD to discover ways to catalyze and expand learning opportunities as well as support systemic change in educational systems. At Dimagi, her current role involves both global services and strategic initiatives, including the CommCare Certification Program and other efforts to expand learning and training resources for users. Trained at the ATLAS Institute at the University of Colorado Boulder, Alexandra brings to Dimagi an academic background in ICTD coupled with a range of experience in U.S. and international socioeconomic development. Over the course of her career, she has served at mission-driven institutions in the public, private, and non-profit sectors. Immediately prior to joining Dimagi, Alexandra worked at a Boulder-based start-up specializing in adaptive learning technology where she focused on customer engagement and international business development. Before that, she served as a project manager in World Vision’s Haiti office. For two years, Alexandra lived and worked in post-earthquake Haiti managing educational technology deployments in urban and rural areas as part of the organization's Clinton Global Initiative commitment. Alexandra continues her long-standing commitment to Haiti’s education reform movement by serving on the Board of Directors of Anseye Pou Ayiti (Teach for Haiti). In addition to her MS in Information and Communication Technology for Development (MS-ICTD) from CU Boulder, Alexandra holds a BA in Political Science from Benedict College. She also is an alumna of StartingBloc and CGI U.
Senior Project Manager
Unique to Dimagi, Nick’s entire prior career was working in the “corporate world” where he designed and implemented software solutions for enterprises of all sizes. His experience working with organizations to improve heavily bureaucratic processes has taught him that the best solution is the simplest and that software must be designed with the end user in mind. Nick has experience in all aspects in the software development process from high-level solution design to hands-on implementation in the field. Nick is an engineer at heart and loves the opportunity to tune the world out for a period of time to focus on a complex challenge. However, he is equally passionate about working with people and will inevitably resurface from his focus to chat with a colleague or tell a terrible joke that he is often the only one laughing at (His philosophy is “I tell jokes for myself. If you happen to also find it funny, so be it, but it’s not necessary.”). As such, he is most comfortable in the middle ground bridging the gap between users and developers to create the most effective solution. Nick graduated from graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering.
Senior Project Manager
Mike is spearheading Dimagi’s initiative to implement CommCare as a tool for organizations working in the agricultural domain. Before coming to Dimagi, he worked as an agricultural extension agent with the Peace Corps in Togo. During his two years with the Peace Corps he worked with farming cooperatives in his community to create bio-intensive gardens for dry season production, collaborated with a woman’s group to promote nutrition and maternal health, mobilized local farmers to adopt agroforestry techniques in their fields, and edited Farm to Market, the highly acclaimed Peace Corps Togo agricultural publication. His experience has afforded him firsthand knowledge of the challenges and realities agricultural workers face in the field. In 2009, Mike graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a BA in Anthropology and English. In 2012, he pursued his academic interest while working as a research assistant to Dr. Norma Ware, a medical anthropologist renowned for her qualitative work on HIV treatment delivery in Tanzania, Uganda, and Nigeria. As a research assistant based in Boston, he focused largely on data reduction and analysis.
Director of Marketing
Carrie O’Laughlin is the Director of Marketing at Dimagi. She joined Dimagi from FleishmanHillard, where she served as a communications consultant to clients in a wide range of industries—from telecommunications and 3D software to biotechnology and fitness trackers. Prior to FleishmanHillard, Carrie worked for LevelUp, a mobile payment startup. This experience provided her with a foundation in mobile solutions and the startup world. Outside of Dimagi, Carrie is passionate about her volunteer work for Big Sister Association of Greater Boston. She is a Big Sister and also sits on the Young Professional Board. Carrie graduated with a bachelor's degree from the William Allen White School of Journalism at the University of Kansas.
Director of Operations, INC
Julie is an intellectually curious individual with a passion for problem-solving and an ability to identify and lead on priority operations tasks. She often wears many hats and manages several tasks at once. She posesses the abilities to self-organize, self-manage, and work with a team. She enjoys working in a young, collegiate, and collaborative environment, and wants to contribute to an organization trying to make a difference in International Development. Most importantly, Julie has a love of efficiency. Julie holds a BA in Economics and Sociology from Emory University, and an MSc in Development Studies from the London School of Economics. Prior to joining Dimagi, Julie worked in data management for a Massachusetts-based anti-hunger organization. A dual US/Canadian citizen, Julie loves playing ice hockey in her free time.
Partnerships and Development Manager for the Americas
Lily is a Partnerships Manager for the Americas based in Dimagi’s Boston office. She joins the Boston team after three years working for Dimagi in India where her main focus was a large scale project for the Government of India aimed at equipping 90,000 village-level workers with CommCare mobile applications. Lily studied Anthropology and Economics at George Washington University and before moving to Delhi with Dimagi, spent a year in rural Ecuador, and another doing Monitoring and Evaluation work with a grass-roots public health nonprofit in Calcutta called Calcutta Kids. She is fluent in Spanish.
Engineer
Nick joined Dimagi to have fun building software applications while making a difference. He wants to explore the world and learn about issues in international development. Outside of work Nick enjoys breakdance, Krav Maga, distance running, rocking out to Taylor Swift and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and storytelling. Nick received his masters in Computer Science from MIT where he researched parallel programming, and his bachelors in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and in Economics.
Global Director of Marketing & Sales
Audrey is an experienced business management and strategy professional, passionate about social impact innovations. At Dimagi, she is leading strategy, business development and operation initiatives, to identify ways of having even more impact on social issues around the world through business opportunities and organizational efficiency. In addition to her passion, she brings to Dimagi her strong experience in strategy and business management across the business and non-profit sectors. During her time as a consultant at McKinsey and then lead of the strategy team of a large business unit within LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy), she advised companies on their strategy and operations and led cross-functional teams through transformation projects. She also worked for several non-profits in developing countries, mostly focusing on the development of social businesses. Prior to joining Dimagi, Audrey co-founded and co-led the consulting unit Synergos Consulting Services, within the global non-profit Synergos, and advised multinational companies on the development of inclusive businesses and social impact projects for the “Bottom of the Pyramid” markets. Audrey holds an MBA from HEC Paris in France and an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School. Born and raised in France, she lived in several countries such as Cambodia, Swaziland, the UK and more recently the US, where she is now based.
Customer Success Manager
Erin Quinn is a Customer Success Manager at Dimagi where she works with diverse clients ranging from grassroots organizations to government ministries to enable the effective use of mobile technologies in education, health, and agriculture. Erin has worked on 15+ mobile technology projects across Asia and Africa. Most recently, she has worked on large-scale digital system for tracking and enhancing care for tuberculosis patients in India. Prior to Dimagi she worked for Westat, a US government contractor, on projects related to teacher quality and after school programming. Erin holds a masters degree in International Development from American University's School of International Service, and a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Senior Engineer
Farid has a strong belief that technology can have a positive impact on society, and is particularly concerned with using technology in a socially just, civic manner. Before joining Dimagi, Farid was on a quest to find ways that technology could be used in meaningful ways in people’s lives. This took him on a journey through being a professional bicycle mechanic, a student of the history of architecture, and building a local food marketplace that connected farmers and restaurants in Montreal and Toronto. Outside of Dimagi, Farid is a voracious reader, eater, cyclist, and musician.
Senior Engineer
Danny Roberts is a strong believer in applying his general life principle of being nice and having fun to software engineering. A Boston-area native and half-Brazilian, Danny's interest in the world led him to study a number of languages which he speaks to various degrees of proficiency including Portuguese, Latin, German, Chinese, Romanian, and Ancient Greek. Danny graduated from Princeton University in 2010 with a Bachelor of Science and Engineering degree in Computer Science. While at Princeton, he became interested in web development as a way to "be the change you want to see in the world" after working on a few web projects. Danny joined Dimagi in 2010 to improve his knowledge of geography, to use what he knows to be the change he wants to see in the world, and of course to be nice and have fun.
Project Manager
Meryn joins the Dimagi team as a Research Coordinator after completing her Master of Public Health at Boston University School of Public Health. Previously Meryn attended Penn State where she received her Bachelor of Science in the Life Sciences and minors in health policy administration, science technology and society, and bioethics and medical humanities. At Penn State Meryn was able to work on a project through the Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship program, where she had the opportunity to join a team that was implementing a telemedicine system in rural Kenya. This work inspired her passion for global health and for learning more about the impact social entrepreneurship companies can have on global health. Working on an assessment project in Ethiopia for her BUSPH practicum the summer before she joined Dimagi solidified her confidence in wanting to focus on how socially conscious for-profit companies can collaborate and serve low-income and underserved communities. Originally from Rochester, NY, Meryn enjoys fall, grocery shopping at Wegmans, being on a horse, walking dogs, talking about Wegmans, and seeing how people react when she tells them she doesn’t like chocolate.
Senior Project Manager
Sarah has been with Dimagi since July 2014. Through her role as a Field Manager, Sarah supported mobile technology deployments in Cameroon, Mali, Niger and Senegal, across sectors including agriculture, nutrition, and HIV prevention. She is excited to continue collaborating with partner organizations to implement innovative mobile technology. Prior to joining Dimagi, Sarah received a Princeton in Africa Fellowship to work as the Pipeline and Reports Officer with the World Food Programme in Benin. With WFP, Sarah was responsible for monthly activity briefs, donor reporting, and management of the pipeline. Since arriving in Dakar, Sarah has enjoyed honing her Wolof negotiating skills, running along Dakar’s Corniche, and collecting textiles from her travels throughout West Africa. Sarah graduated cum laude from Vanderbilt University with a BA in History and Political Science and a minor in French.
Senior Engineer II
Jenny lands at Dimagi as part of a never-ending search for meaningful work. Along the way, she’s spent time writing software for an electronic health records company and a Silicon Valley giant and has picked up degrees in computer science and human-computer interaction. She tried being a designer but missed debugging too much and came back to software development. She is keenly interested in making life better for end users and is excited that the team at Dimagi shares this goal. Jenny is also delighted to be living in Boston and be able to scull on the Charles. Before and after work, she's absorbed in books or code, taking breaks to run along the river, lift weights, and partake in silly-looking crossfit workouts.
Finance Associate
Frank is a Finance Associate on the Operations team based in the Dimagi Cambridge headquarters. Prior to joining Dimagi, he worked at State Street Global Services as a Fund Accountant in the Alternative Investment Services department. Frank Graduated from the University of Vermont with a degree in economics and a passion for using his interests in finance, business, and international development in a way that was impactful and meaningful. Originally from Vermont, Frank is an avid snowboarder during the winter, and loves hiking and swimming in the mountains during the rest of the year. He enjoys to travel internationally when he finds the time, and is happy to be working at Dimagi.
Senior Engineer
Ethan Soergel is an engineer who is passionate about the importance of robust, accessible commons in science, art, and education. He taught himself to code after graduating college, relying heavily on freely available resources. Ethan is an avid user of and occasional contributor to open source software. He is interested in web technologies, collaboration tools, and education. Ethan enjoys biking, telemark skiing, climbing, surfing and other outdoor adventure sports. He also likes travelling on the cheap, cooking, making things and working with his hands. Before getting into coding, Ethan studied physics at the University of Florida. Looking for something more tangible, he switched gears to medicine, with a focus on global health. Luckily, before getting mired in medical school, Ethan decided to concentrate on his lifelong interest in technology and invention, making Dimagi a perfect fit.
Applications Engineer
Cody is a software developer passionate about system design, agile workflows, and social justice. They landed at Dimagi after three-and-a-half years in the world of business-to-business contact marketing database management out of a belief that the most fulfilling work is work that makes the world a better place. Outside of Dimagi, Cody plays role-playing games, writes music and fiction, anguishes about LGBTQIA+ issues, and spends far too much time obsessing over J.R.R. Tolkien and historical-critical Biblical scholarship.
Senior QA Analyst
Ben is a techno-optimist who is happy to have joined Dimagi’s team as a QA and Support Analyst. He graduated from Bridgewater State University with a B.A. in Corporate Communications and later earned a Graduate Certificate at UMASS Boston in International Development. After his undergrad, Ben worked as an AmeriCorps member at the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center advancing food access, providing nutrition education and fostering a love of exercise through play. His introduction to tech was through a medical software firm where he provided customer support and quality assurance testing. Ben has volunteered teaching basic tech literacy in Peru, English in Ecuador and loves speaking Spanish, though is pretty rusty. When not at work, he enjoys running, martial arts, cooking and coffee - one day he hopes to find a way to combine these hobbies.
Full Stack Software Engineer
Preethi is an engineer who joined Dimagi to make a difference through technology. Prior to Dimagi, she worked on parachute software in the aerospace industry. Outside of work, she likes to play sports, volunteer around Cambridge, and learn any craft involving thread, fabric or yarn. Preethi graduated from MIT in 2015 with a bachelors in Aerospace Engineering.
Partnerships and Business Development Associate
Katrina is the Partnerships and Business Development Associate based in our Washington, DC office. Before joining Dimagi, Katrina worked with academic research institutions and international NGOs on global health projects in developing countries in South America, Africa and Asia. She also assisted on priming a proposal for one of the largest USAID-funded global health programs. Katrina is a global health and international development professional with an undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a M.Sc. from Georgetown University’s Master of Science in Global Health program concentrating in health financing. Her international capstone was working with an INGO on an evaluation of their Village Health and Development Funds in the Dry Zone of Myanmar. In her free time, you can find Katrina playing the oboe, learning new art techniques, going on backpacking adventures around the world, discovering new outdoor activities, traveling to all the hiking and diving hotspots, and eating lots of Asian food.
Global Services Program Director
Jeremy is a Global Services Program Director with Dimagi’s US-based Global Services team. While primarily supporting project implementation, he also helps to coordinate online learning resources and efforts to quantify and increase the impact of Dimagi’s work. He is particularly excited to be learning about the role mobile technology can play in helping Community Health Workers do their jobs. Prior to joining Dimagi he worked as an emerging technologies analyst for the U.S. Navy, a medical research assistant at a teaching hospital, and a farmer on a small family farm. Jeremy studied Biology at the College of William and Mary in Virginia, and has studied in both India and Turkey.
Senior Business Development Consultant
Betsy brings over a decade of experience working in emerging markets, focused mainly on the validation and implementation of infectious disease diagnostics and healthcare technology. Betsy has a background in clinical and behavioral research that started during her undergraduate studies at Cornell University. Betsy's work initially focused on HIV in Africa and then on infectious diseases, globally, including HCV, TB, and Ebola. In addition to leading diagnostic clinical trials throughout Africa, she has managed the commercialization of diagnostic product lines and a variety of global partnerships on behalf of both private and public entities. She has supported the development of global guidelines and negotiated deals with large donor organizations as well as private entities. Betsy has recently led Business Development efforts at SystemOne and Daktari Diagnostics, in addition to leading product validation and implementation efforts at the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) and the World Health Organization (WHO). Betsy is looking forward to putting her experience to good use in supporting the growth of Dimagi and the efforts of the Partnership and Development team.
Country Director, Dimagi Software Innovations Pvt. Ltd.
Stella overseas Dimagi’s work in India and the region. Her focus is on transforming community health and nutrition systems at scale, in domains that include nutrition, tuberculosis, maternal and child health, and gender-based violence. Before coming to India, Stella lay the groundwork for Dimagi’s West Africa office. Prior to working at Dimagi, Stella was a software developer, human rights lawyer, and public policy practitioner.
Director of People Operations at Dimagi India
Pooja Agarwal is our Director of People Operations at Dimagi India. “Creating spaces where people thrive” is her life purpose. Her life experiences from working with organisations like TCS, Airtel, Unicef, British High Commission and The Union (IUATLD), working as a consultant, learning Karate, teaching Self Defence to women and children in India and bringing up two awesome kids with her husband have shaped her into a grateful and optimistic person. Pooja loves listening to book summaries, a variety of music and tries to sing the songs she likes (you may not always like what you hear but a person can try, right?). Respect, Excellence, Gratitude, Acceptance and Love are the core values for her and her family.
Project Manager
Anushree is a project manager with Dimagi’s global services team. She is interested in observing how technology engages with program design and implementation in development, particularly in low resource settings. During her time with Dimagi she has managed projects with varying scope - multi country research deployments, implementation with government agencies, as well as proof of concepts. These have also given her an opportunity to work in several sectors such as maternal and child health, nutrition, communicable diseases, education, family planning and sanitation. She has an MPhil in Development Studies from the University of Oxford, and prior experience in Corporate Banking. She enjoys travelling, reading fiction, and is a devoted fan of the 80s.
Engineer II
Cal is an engineer at Dimagi who is excited to be writing software that will make positive difference. Previously, he worked on voter database software for political campaigns. When not working he loves skiing, eating, traveling, and drinking coffee (preferably multiple of those at once). Cal graduated with a bachelors degree in Physics from Carleton College.
Director of Programs
Craig Fletcher is a Director of Programs at Dimagi Software Innovations Pvt. Ltd., which handles programs small, large, and national-scale in India, Myanmar, and other parts of Asia. Craig has extensive experience in coordinating global units with departments of varying responsibility such as Finance, Operations, HR, IT, Sales, Facilities and R & D. Craig has management experience from the fields of Financial Services, IT, Telecom, Quality Control and Online Security industries since 1998. Fields of expertise include project management, strategic consultancy, change management, interim management, HR analytics and competency management. Craig has a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Central Queensland; is a COPC Registered Coordinator, is certified to the Six Sigma Yellow belt level, is a certified Microsoft Systems Engineer, is a certified HUCAMA HR analyst and also holds many other leadership diplomas and certificates.
Mobile Software Engineer
Shubham is an Android developer who loves working on the super sweet intersection of technology and developing world. While he totally works for money, an end user's delight on using something he built keeps his heart satisfied. He loves exploring different design patterns while reading about efficient code practices and scalability blogs. A big laugh is favourite of his expressions and he begs not to be judged mean if you see him smiling while the sky is falling down. While generally found glued to his laptop he do enjoy reading an old good paper book lying comfortably with empty plates and dirty cloths. He loves getting lost in mountains and dreams of hiking an year long trail someday.
Senior Field Manager
Marissa Harrison is a Field Manager with Dimagi’s Global Services team based in New Delhi. Before joining Dimagi, Marissa served as an American India Foundation Clinton Fellow in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. She worked in the Monitoring & Evaluation department of a livelihoods non-profit, managing an open-source Management Information System (MIS) and designing tools to assess impact. Prior to the Clinton Fellowship, Marissa also spent a summer working in the CSR department of Tata Steel in Tarapur, Maharashtra and nine months studying advanced Hindi through the American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Marissa graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with an interdisciplinary degree in South Asian Studies and a specialization in Human Rights. During her undergraduate career, she interned with organizations focused on addressing gender-based violence, particularly in Asian & Pacific Islander communities. Marissa comes to Dimagi with an interest in using Dimagi’s tools to improve decision-making processes and increase access to reliable healthcare in low-resource settings. Born to a family of ranchers, Marissa is happiest when surrounded by animals, the great outdoors and wide, open roads.
Senior Project Manager
Gayatri comes to Dimagi with an interest in using Dimagi’s tools to increase access to healthcare and education for under-served communities in India and around the world. At Dimagi, Gayatri works on projects that are focused on gender-based violence prevention, family planning, intrapartum care and others. Prior to Dimagi, Gayatri was a project manager at Hippocampus Learning Centres, a social enterprise in Bangalore. At HLC, Gayatri worked on developing and rolling out a low-cost Math program to villages in northern Karnataka. Her interest in delivering services to low-income communities stems from a year spent in the mountain kingdom of Lesotho in southern Africa where she taught at a high school for girls in the village of Raleqheka. Gayatri grew up in New Delhi and has a B.A. in Economics from Grinnell College. She is excited to be back in Delhi and travel across the country as a field manager for Dimagi.
Senior Software Engineer
Manish Kangia, holds a B.Tech degree in Information Technology and commenced his professional journey as a software engineer exploring Ruby on Rails web framework at a software solution company in Delhi, India working on a range from small to big scale e-commerce platforms at different roles. In search to move to something absolutely different he found an opportunity at Dimagi as a Senior Software Engineer and got hooked with the approach and environment at Dimagi. To constantly learn and contribute back to the world, Dimagi was the perfect place to be. Manish is passionate about sports, fitness and dance, and watches selected movies on repeat to inspire himself to keep moving. He makes sure to keep travelling and exploring through work or otherwise with mountains being top on his list.
Project Manager
Saket is excited by Dimagi’s focus on interacting with end users in the field and witnessing more measurable impact. He believes firmly in gender equality and helping underserved communities. Prior to Dimagi, Saket was working with Vera Solutions to provide technical solutions to NGOs, like The Global Fund, Dasra and Pratham on Salesforce. He completed Microsoft Internship at IIT Guwahati where he built a system to assist elderly people in Assam exercise through the use of Microsoft Kinect. Saket is a Computer Science graduate, a resident of Jaipur, Rajasthan, and has worked on projects that included Java, J2EE, MATLAB and C#. He considers himself fortunate to discover that he wants to work in development sector in his college days where his research paper on “Identification of Different Stages of Diabetic Retinopathy” was published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). An alternative and indie music aficionado, Saket loves going to rock concerts/festivals and sharing music through social media/blogs. He also claims to be the biggest Coldplay fan in India. He seeks answers to many questions through spirituality.
Senior Field Manager
Derek comes to Dimagi from a background in Logistics and Supply Chain operations, lately in low-resource environments supporting disaster response operations. He was drawn to Information and Communications Technologies for Development (ICT4D) because of his own pain-points while working in the field, and so returned to school to complete degrees in Business and Applied Computing.
Senior Field Manager
Jordan Lerner is a Field Manager with Dimagi’s global services team in India. He was drawn to Dimagi because of their emphasis on user-centric design and because of their work on projects that touch a variety of issues pertaining to development. He is thrilled to be part of a team of people who share his passions for human equity and social justice. Jordan has explored several paths on the way to finding Dimagi. While in university he worked special-needs children, as a genetics researcher, and after graduating, Jordan worked at FleishmanHillard as a communications consultant. Jordan scrapped together a degree from McGill University where he bounced from department to department briefly majoring in the Behavioral Sciences, Russian Studies, Drama, and Cognition before alighting on Psychology and History. At McGill he spent his free time as a researcher at the Mogil Pain Genetics labs helping to develop the first assay for chronic spontaneous pain in mice (yes, he’s that Jordan Lerner), and more importantly exploring the city of Montreal. In his free time he enjoys playing the saxophone, rock climbing, debating Kanye West’s place in musical history, defending Lebron Jame’s decision to go to Miami, and hosting pun-based dinner parties.
Field Manager
Vrinda has joined Dimagi India as a Field Manager. She's taken the long but scenic route to get to Dimagi: she studied law at the National Law School of India University in Bangalore, worked in a legal education startup, did advocacy research for a year and then did her MBA from IIM Lucknow (with a focus on strategy and marketing). Before joining Dimagi she worked in the sales team at Google, developing digital marketing strategies for Indian app clients. She had a special focus on the fintech and edu-tech verticals. However, she was keen to take on a more hands-on role, and loved that Dimagi has real world impact. She's excited that she gets to work in the intersection of the two fields she is quite passionate about: technology and healthcare! Vrinda enjoys arts & crafts - she is currently a pottery novice, struggling to make stable yet high clay cylinders on the wheel. She also loves reading fiction and travelling, and of course ideally reading fiction while travelling. She also loves puzzles, the more literary the better; her current obsession is Gogen, which is Sudoku but better.
Project Manager
Shayoni Mazumdar joins Dimagi’s Global Services team as a Project Manager, eager to move closer to what she believes creates ‘Impact’. She is excited by the role as it brings together the powerful combination of technology (the future of the world) and the intention of ‘making a difference’. She comes to Dimagi with a background in Economics (under-grad) from Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University and Masters in Human Resources & Labour Relations from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. After completing her education, she went on to work with a multinational corporation for 4 years, across different locations and in differing capacities. Through the four years in the corporate world, in the most cliché turn of events(!), the urge to work in the social sector took over and Dimagi was graceful to opens its doors for her! Among other things, Shayoni enjoys almost all cultural activities and dabbles her hand in trying to learn (self-teach /formally learn) many of them- often finding herself doing too many things at once! She loves visiting new places although food is definitely not her forte! She is excited to be at Dimagi and move a step closer to creating Impact!
Associate Director of Applied Technology
Kriti's desire to use her technical and instructional skills to contribute to social impact brings her to Dimagi. She hopes to learn extensively from the intelligent and driven people around her how technology can support and spur development, and apply this knowledge to the education sector. She also looks forward to utilising her data analysis skills to draw meaningful conclusions from the data collected using Dimagi's mobile tools. Kriti is a math enthusiast, avid dancer and wannabe writer. After being born in India, she spent about a decade in the Middle East, before moving to Canada. She is excited to be back in India to better understand and feel the pulse of the nation. Prior to starting at Dimagi, she tutored and taught Math and Science in Canada, which informs her passion for education. She also worked widely with data while working for an economic consulting firm in New York, and enjoyed using her programming background to develop an automated report system for Canada Post. Kriti studied at Cornell University, where she majored in Mathematics, minored in Computer Science and did a concentration in South Asian studies.
Senior Field Manager
Akshay hails from the beautiful south Indian state of Kerala, and identifies himself as a wannabe writer/comic artist who is obsessed with maps and making lists. He jugs down copious amounts of coffee every day, and is a huge proponent of mountains over beaches. He recently started running marathons, and is a proud bicycle owner, on which he zooms around the city braving killer buses and sultry weather. Prior to joining Dimagi, Akshay used to work as a consultant at PwC, where he primarily dabbled in data analytics. He has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from BITS Pilani, where he developed a device for automating the malaria detection process using computer vision. Akshay is super pumped to work as a Senior Field Manager at Dimagi, which is a perfect confluence of his interests in development, public health, and technology. What excites him most is the opportunity to travel around, implementing cool technologies aimed at improving human lives.
Senior Field Manager
Priyanka is a Chemical Engineer from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and has joined Dimagi India as a Field Manager. Before joining Dimagi she has worked in ITC Limited, a Fast Moving Consumer Goods Company for almost an year. She was positioned as the Process Excellence Manager for "Sunfeast" biscuits factories in the South of India and her role involved travelling to these factories to ensure low cost and high quality of production. However she soon realized that she would like to work in a field that creates a more direct social impact and thus left ITC to join Dimagi. Priyanka is an avid reader and debater and loves discussing current issues as well as historical events. You only have to ask and she is sure to have an opinion about everything! She is also a self proclaimed feminist and is enthusiastic about working towards eliminating discrimination of all forms in the society
Senior Field Manager
From early on, Srikant has been socially conscious. This has made him take numerous initiatives in the social sector particularly working with underprivileged children. When he was in college, this social concern took him to the north-east of India. He worked in Bodoland as part of a riot relief project, an area where identity, development and religious issues were intricately woven. He believes this was a life altering experience for him. At Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi, Srikant studied economics, which he learnt to appreciate and eventually master with the help of some exceptional teachers. His mentor was Professor Saumyajit Bhattacharya, to whom he owes his academic success and the understanding of a more rooted and relevant outlook of economics, economics that is written with both hands, not with ‘on the one hand and on the other’. After his under-graduation he pursued the Young India Fellowship, where he had an exposure to a plethora of subjects and fields. Srikant is a keen footballer and enjoys watching as well as playing the sport. Alongside this he enjoys long distance running and hiking in the Himalayas. An avid traveler, Srikant is always on the lookout for new places to explore, new people to meet and new experiences. He is excited to be working at Dimagi, as a Field Manager. He hopes to learn more and make a meaningful impact as he goes forward.
Engineer
Rohit is a B-tech graduate from Sharda University, India. He is an Engineer at Dimagi who loves to solve puzzles and difficult problems. But, hates doing 9-5 Jobs without putting HEART in the work. Before Dimagi, he has worked as Developer in Elucidata(Company which applies data science in Drug Discovery). During his graduation, he found his love for computer science. He loves to play with logics and algorithms and always try to do something different and creative. With all his skills and passion he wants to make a remarkably positive impact on the world.
Partnerships & Development Manager, South Asia Region
Driven by his journalistic streak to understand the hows and whys of challenges faced in the development sector, Rishabh comes to Dimagi with a zeal to learn how technology can provide effective solutions to some of the most pressing issues on the ground. He has worked towards fostering partnerships with a number of organisations in the domain of social protection, financial inclusion, elder care and child rights. In his last role at India Alliance for Child Rights, he coordinated a national forum for ending violence against children in India. Previously, at Invest India Micro Pension Services, he managed partnerships with implementing organisations on the ground enabling low income workers across the country towards old age income security. He holds a BA in History and a Masters in International Relations from JNU.
Engineer
Sravan Reddy, a fresh graduate in Engineering Physics from IIT Delhi, is a role model in his small village in the hinterlands of Andhra where quality higher education is still a distant dream. When he is not playing with the Schroedinger's cat in his mind, or writing his abstract opinions on physics on his blog, he can be seen coding some handy and well-needed tools and web applications-Instamovi and IITD-Events being just a few of them. As a Development Fellow with Dimagi, he is taking forward his knowledge and experience to come up with innovative solutions to improve the lives of rural people.
Technical Support Analyst
Kishan has a strong passion for ICT4D and loves to explore the implementation of ICT solutions in improving the lives of people in the community. Kishan has an undergraduate degree in Information Systems and Technology from United States International University - Africa in Nairobi, Kenya. He has worked with UNHCR in Kenya where he supported ICT operations and has also worked in the agriculture industry in Kenya where he played a supporting role in network administration and the implementation of ERP systems. Kishan's interest in development stems from his work for UNHCR where he designed and developed a website for the Somalia Return Consortium, which brought into light the voices of refugees and internally displaced people in Somalia, and put together resources for relief workers who aided refugees to return home to Somalia. At Dimagi, Kishan aims to further contribute his expertise in supporting the delivery of lasting solutions to underserved communities around the world. Kishan loves adventure, traveling and hiking. He also practices playing the keyboard and aspires to play the piano.
Finance Manager
Freddie has a large appetite for life and over the last few years, he has worked in various capacities across the social entrepreneurship, consulting and investment banking sectors in India and elsewhere – from a project in the airlines industry with Accenture to engaging with urban ingenuity, inclusive growth, employing the creative arts to impact local communities and teaching the underprivileged children at a community park due to lack of a classroom facility with Touch India Trust to handling some of the world’s biggest hedge fund clients on Wall Street with Deutsche Bank. During this diverse personal epoch, there was a lot of learning, unlearning, travelling, writing, good conversations, numbers, fantastic company, literature and lots of tea/coffee. The larger picture drives him and real contributions/solutions excite him. He jumped off the corporate bandwagon to join Dimagi’s operations team in India and he hopes to explore the international development field in the longer run with this change - a prophecy and conviction, which in part has evolved from his past work experiences and personal reflections. He believes in miracles and is excited about interdisciplinary approaches in offering long term correctives to address global issues. Academically, he has a Bachelors from the Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi with concentrations in Economics, Accounting and Financial/Investment management.
Site Reliability Engineer
Nitigya Sharma holds a B.Tech Degree in Computer Science and Engineering and joined Dimagi as a DevOps Engineer. He likes to wear multiple hats at work such as Developer, System Administrator, QA, etc. He really and deeply loves the FOSS world and everything free. He likes traveling, eating, watching cartoons and spending time with his dog Django whose name is inspired by Python's framework and a very cool movie. While not busy with Scaling/Automating/Fixing/Securing He takes some time off to travel and explore different places, culture, and cuisines
Sales Development Representative
Born, brought up and educated in Delhi, Avni’s Political Science degree from Miranda House taught her that the individual and society can never really be disassociated, which in turn led to her interest in creating social impact. Prior to joining Dimagi, Avni was a Fellow with Teach For India where she taught 112 7th and 8th graders in a government school in Pune, Maharashtra. She later joined them as their International Recruiter and helped like minded people come back to the country to help transform the ed landscape from their own classrooms. When she’s not working, Avni loves to travel, discover music and work out. Important information to know about her is that she makes momos and pizzas disappear, but it might be a good idea to try this with seafood and pan Asian food as well, just to be totally sure. If you can’t find her, she’s probably hanging out (read: annoying) her pet cat and taking time off with a good book. Starting as the Sales Development Representative, Avni is excited to see where the Dimagi journey takes her!
Field Manager
“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete…” Some wise man words! Passionate about creating change, Dhivya took the road less travelled and joined ICICI Fellows Leadership Programme post her graduation focused on experiential learning through development projects with rural-based NGOs. She worked with Aajeevika Bureau to empower de-facto women headed migrant households in tribal areas of Southern Rajasthan by living with the locals in a small village. This was truly a defining moment in her life! Moving back to Chennai, she worked at Dvara Trust (Previously known as IFMR) on financial inclusion where she was responsible to improve wealth management strategies through digital services for low-income households (across various functions) who did not have access to formal financial institutions. Having picked up varied skills, Dhivya now joins Dimagi as a Field Manager to broaden her horizon on ICT4D. With keen interest in Design Thinking and behavior change approach, she is excited (hoping) to also explore the possibilities of using some of these in her work going forward. In her free time, she loves encouraging small start-ups that focus on providing simple but powerful solutions to critical social issues such as promoting rural artisans, eco-friendly products and free education for the underprivileged. Besides her passion for development, Dhivya is a trained singer in Indian classical (Carnatic) music. Love for semi-classical music gave her opportunities to perform in the All India Radio (AIR) and participate in a musical reality show years ago. She is also exploring how art forms/therapy can be a powerful tool to help influence society. Gallivanting across different parts of the country, Dhivya is always on the lookout for new experiences, culture and cuisines. One day, she hopes to have travelled to most parts of the world gathering priceless memories and reflecting on how travelling shaped up her personality. Dhivya also loves experimenting with cooking and wishes to have mastered the art of gardening at some point!
Project Manager
Sriya is very excited to be a Project Manager at Dimagi India, a position brings together her various interests into one job description. She enjoys field based community work, travel, implementing community based health programs, designing and facilitating training for various health interventions, team work, providing innovative solutions for challenges faced by frontline health workers, and India! She has been fascinated by mHealth and is looking forward to see at first-hand the user-based experience. She has completed her Masters in Public Health from Boston University School of Public Health and under-graduation from Brandeis University in Biology and Health: Science, Society, and Policy . She has experience working with initiatives to promote maternal and child health through the non-profit sector in India and has worked with a variety of Dimagi's partners in India and Africa. Prior to graduate school, Sriya was on the America India Foundation's William J. Clinton Fellowship for Service and was placed at Calcutta Kids in West Bengal. These experiences have largely focused on nutrition programming, early childhood development, behavior change and communication (BCC) and community-health worker training programs in urban slum populations in India. A key strategy that she is interested in implementing is using arts-based promotion of health for behavior change. Besides her passion for public health, Sriya loves exploring new places, new food joints (everything withing the realm of vegetarian!), going to watch theater & music performances, art exhibits, and watching movies.
Senior Director of Corporate Operations
Krishna has been supporting Dimagi’s work in India since 2011 out of New Delhi. He loves getting things done – and is motivated to do so by his exceptionally talented and interesting colleagues. Previously Krishna managed operations at Community Lab, a startup development organization in New York, where he gained an appreciation for interdisciplinary approaches to development. Krishna completed his undergraduate studies in History at New York University, where he was a member of the South Asian Studies Program Initiative and helped organize the first annual Global South Asia Conference. He is a student of the tabla and tries his best to practice every day.
Senior Field Manager
Sarvesh joins the Dimagi’s global services team with a background in computer science and social entrepreneurship. In the past he has worked as a software developer on iTunes business intelligence projects, implemented blended learning solutions in low income schools in south India and most recently, been a Fellow with the University of Chicago’s International Innovation Corps, helping the Haryana State Education Department become a data driven organization. Sarvesh has a keen interest in ICT4D, particularly exploring how technology can be leveraged to maximize impact in development and governance projects. He is also a cycling enthusiast and can often be found wandering the city on his bike.
Quality Assurance Analyst
Akanksha joins Dimagi as a member of the QA team and holds a B.Tech Degree in Computer Science and Engineering. Inclined towards social causes from a very early age, she was amazed by Dimagi's core concept which led her to join it with full enthusiasm. Before joining Dimagi, Akanksha spent some time doing quality assurance for projects in various domains like Franchising, Utility and Aviation. Born and brought up in Delhi-NCR, she loves sweating it out by running, zumba and climbing stairs. At the same time, she is a big vegetarian foodie and loves experimenting with everything that’s edible!! And when not taking/burning calories, she enjoys cooking, listening to old songs, watching movies and being outdoors to the extent that traveling the whole world is her ultimate desire!
Vice President
Rowena Luk is the Vice President at Dimagi. In this role, she oversees our country offices and services implementation team around the world. Prior to Dimagi, she worked as a researcher, non-profit founder, and software engineer, all with a focus on mobile technology for social change.
Enterprise Architect
Cory is an Enterprise Architect at Dimagi, where he assists with architecture and software development for Dimagi's products Cory served as Dimagi's CTO from 2007-2017 where he led the development of CommCare HQ. Outside of Dimagi he writes and does entrepreneurship, both rather poorly.
Director of Operations, Southern Africa
Sophie works as the Head of Operations for Africa at Dimagi. Committed to working in development, Sophie was inspired by Dimagi’s mission to use their expertise in technology, to help under-served communities. She is excited to be working for an organisation committed to, and passionate about making a long-term, sustainable difference. Prior to joining Dimagi, Sophie worked in the NGO and Volunteer sector, focusing on management of global operations, strategy and finance as well as project management of development programs globally. Sophie holds a BA(Hons) in Geography from the University of Manchester. Born and raised in the UK, Sophie looks forward to representing the British contingent at Dimagi however she has lived in many countries, including Australia, Mexico, Guatemala and most recently, South Africa, which is home for now. Whilst not at work, Sophie loves the outdoors and is an (intermediate but slow) runner and a volunteer with the Volunteer Wildfire Service. She is also an avid traveller, with a lifelong goal to visit every country in the world.
Country Director
Guillaume is the Country Director for Dimagi's office in Cape Town, South Africa. He is interested in applying technology to solve concrete problems for organizations and governments. At Dimagi, Guillaume focuses on building the Cape Town team and supports the implementation of large scale projects. Prior to Dimagi, Guillaume worked for Terre des hommes, a Swiss based child protection NGO, where he introduced ICT in a wide range of programs around the world in child protection, child health and juvenile justice. Guillaume holds a bachelor's degree in computer science for EPITA and is currently pursuing an MPH at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Senior Field Manager
Caeri Dunnell is a Senior Field Manager for Dimagi South Africa. She is passionate about empowering frontline workers in public health with job-aid technology, and making their digital experience better and easier through improved user experience design. Before joining Dimagi, Caeri worked for Frost & Sullivan as a research analyst in Digital Health, focussing on growth in corporate Africa. Prior to that she was a project co-ordinator and technical support consultant at Mobenzi. Most of her work at Mobenzi was focussed on supporting and training community health workers in rural North West and Limpopo, South Africa, as well as offering technical support for other global research projects such as community screening for TB in Vietnam and the evaluation of PMTCT programs in South Africa and Zimbabwe. Caeri has her Bachelor of Journalism (BJourn) degree from Rhodes University, and has also completed a short course in User Experience Design with the University of Cape Town. She loves travelling, good food and photography, and can often be found with her nose in a book, reading up on global news, or discussing social change.
Technical Project Manager
Ali is a Technical Project Manager on Dimagi’s Global Services Team. Living, working, and traveling in middle and low-income countries has shaped her passion for global health, particularly the innovative solutions that emerge from low-resource health systems. Ali has supported CommCare implementations in Lesotho, Tanzania, and Ghana for TB care and malaria prevention. Ali studied Global Affairs and Public Health at Occidental College in Los Angeles, California. She identifies as an Oregon (almost) native, loves a day spent hiking or swimming in the ocean, and hopes to one day be as cool as her parents. She also hates talking about herself in third person.
Project Manager
Lauren comes to Dimagi after having spent almost a decade in Mozambique - first as as a US Peace Corps volunteer, and later as a freelance digital media consultant, Portuguese-English translator and Resident Director of the Boren Awards Program at the Universidade Eduardo Mondlane. She has an MSc in Communications, Culture and Media Studies from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, as well as two Bachelor’s degrees in Communications and Spanish from Millersville University of Pennsylvania. Lauren is a self-proclaimed iced coffee aficionado, Shakira enthusiast, flea market bargain hunter and karaoke champion. She is currently based in Dimagi’s Cape Town office and lives with her 3 rescue furkids - Rosie, Frankie and Scarlett.
Mozambique Partnerships Manager
Juan works as the Mozambique Partnerships Manager with the South Africa team. He worked several years in the desert of Mexico deploying arsenic removal water filtration devices in under served and rural communities. He was part of the implementation of the Base of the Pyramid protocol in Mexico, which targets to create profitable businesses in low-income settings around the world. Juan has a BA in communications and has also worked as a local TV reporter and answering phones in a call center.
Field Manager
Clifford Hakimi is a Field Manager with the Global Services team based in Cape Town, South Africa. Clifford, a Cape Town Local and major outdoor enthusiast can be found spending his free time traveling the globe in search of rock climbing. Clifford obtained his Bachelors of Engineering Degree from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology and began his post graduate career working as a design engineer in the construction consulting industry. Feeling an urge to expand in a more impactful direction, he began working with the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation on a Tuberculosis research project to quantify TB bacteria expelled by an infected individual and determine the nature in which these Bacilli react when airborne. Before starting at Dimagi, Clifford had the pleasure of traveling to the USA to do a road trip where he was able to climb, hike, ski, and eat his way through 20 states.
Software Engineer
Norman is an engineer who joined Dimagi in order to use his software development skills to make more of a positive difference. Norman believes in readable code, and that testability can help to make code simpler. He was once heard telling a friend that Python is the e.e.cummings of programming languages. He comes to Dimagi from the IPT industry, and before that, he had his own software consultancy. Outside the office Norman enjoys reading, writing, and solving the world's problems over a glass of wine with friends. For Norman, Dimagi is an opportunity to do more than just talk about solutions.
Public Health Field Manager
As a public health social worker, Sarah works at the intersection of preventative and curative health and mental health. Her previous work has focused on gender-based violence prevention, trauma intervention, and sexual health promotion. Born in Kenya and raised in Tanzania, Sarah has always planned to return to apply her training and skills in the Sub-Saharan Africa region. Through her public health studies, Sarah discovered mHealth, and by extension, Dimagi, and is thrilled to be fully immersed in both. Sarah’s holds dual master’s degrees in clinical social work (MSW) and global health (MPH) from Boston University. Prior to her master’s degrees, Sarah was a Fulbright research fellow to South Africa at the national Hospice and Palliative Care Association and a Fulbright fellow to the UNESCO Division for Gender Equality in Paris, France. When she’s not working, Sarah can be found on a mountain nearby. She loves hiking and the ocean and connecting with people through language and music. Whether through singing, listening to live music, or learning a new language, Sarah seeks to better understand those around her.
Operations Manager
Sinakho joins the Dimagi team with a corporate background in operations administration and office management. Having spent five years as an Office Manager for National Instruments in Johannesburg, she is enjoying the calmer and more scenic Cape Town. When she is not working, Sinakho is studying hard through the University of South Africa with ambitions of being a Supply Chain Analyst.
Senior Field Manager
Working with the Systems Design Team at the Earth Institute at Columbia University, Seema focused on visualizing the social networks of a hospital system in New York City to guide improved service delivery and staff connectedness. During this time she also worked with a social enterprise, interested in user centered design and mobile health solutions for community health workers in East Harlem. She was drawn to Dimagi because of the opportunity for immersive tech field work, and importantly, the action oriented product design and implementation being done here. She is grateful to be working with the talented, interdisciplinary team at Dimagi. Seema enjoys learning about data visualization, trying to identify social patterns, pine tree forests and making instantaneous connections with people and plays. Her homes (in order of appearance) are Harare, New York City and Cape Town. She has a BS in Biomedical Engineering, focused on Tissue Engineering and an MPH in Epidemiology.
Director of Server Engineering
After graduating from the University of Cape Town with a Masters in Electrical Engineering Simon spent several years working on mHealth projects in and around South Africa. He joined Dimagi after a short period in the online advertising industry where he worked on large scale SAO systems. Simon has a passion for developing efficient systems that people enjoy using. He greatly prefers working on open systems and believes that building good software starts with building good relationships. Outside of work Simon loves the outdoors, particularly the African bush where he spent many family holidays growing up. Simon spends his time off enjoying the company of his wife and friends in and around the beautiful city of Cape Town. He's often out walking his dog and is also quite involved in his local church.
Field Manager
Jordan Levinson arrived in India to work as a data analyst for a public health think-tank, but soon discovered that her passion for leveraging open-source technologies for community development had an outlet at Dimagi. Her background is an even split between scientific research, community program implementation and music, with more than a bit of wandering thrown in for good measure. She has lived and worked in Latin America, West Africa, and now the Subcontinent, and can’t wait to see what’s up next. Before starting with Dimagi, Jordan was a community health worker in outer Brooklyn and singer in a post-rock band. She served with Peace Corps Senegal in the southern town of Kolda, where she worked with local NGOs to start a vocational school for sustainable agriculture and started a youth group for burgeoning hip-hop stars. She tried her hand in the startup world, piloting a tool meant to connect travelers with local volunteer opportunities, and ended up falling in love with the social enterprise space via the Center for Social Innovation in NYC. She started her career working on pandemic prediction for EcoHealth Alliance, contributing to the global ‘hotspots’ database of emerging infectious disease events and publishing a study of zoonotic virus surveillance strategies. She holds degrees in International Community Health from New York University and in Cultural Anthropology from Colby College, and grew up in the Hudson Valley region of New York. Her passions include human expression, social justice, clean data, and spontaneous travel.
Technical Field Manager
Velaphi is the Technical Field Manager at Dimagi. He is passionate about the implementation of Health Information Systems, the use of data for decision making and the integration of ICT as part of frontline healthcare programs. Velaphi has over 10 years of ICT experience and prior to joining DIMAGI, worked as an Informatics Manager at I-TECH South Africa where he was responsible for the implementation and roll-out of Health Information Systems in-service trainings for health care professionals across South Africa. He has also worked in Zimbabwe and Malawi.
Senior Technical Field Manager
Gael is a Senior Technical Field Manager on Dimagi’s Global Services team. Prior to joining Dimagi, he worked as a Business Analyst for Air France-KLM in Amsterdam. His main goal was to ease the life of the sales team by improving in-house tools and revamping the CRM platform. After completing his mission he decided to go on a long trip that would take him to more than 30 countries and which ended with an overland journey from Shanghai to Nantes, his hometown in France. Gael holds a Master’s in Information Systems from Efrei Engineering School in Paris. During his studies he had the chance to participate in exchange programs in Malaysia and later in South Korea where he studied database design and business intelligence at KAIST. When not working Gael is usually running along one of the many trails of Table Mountain National Park.
Business Development Associate
Delphine works as Business Development Associate at Dimagi's Cape Town office, alongside Carlos Yerena. Delphine is a dual citizen of France and the UK, and has worked in 3 African countries (Malawi, Tanzania, and South Africa). She graduated with a Masters in Public Policy and Philosophy in 2013 (LSE). Before joining Dimagi, she worked as a research associate at a micro-finance advisory firm, surveying African markets, and as a freelance writer/researcher, exploring issues of sustainability in business and social justice (GroundUp, Daily Maverick, International New York Times). She likes to spend the weekend in Johannesburg, where she co-runs a community tap dancing group based in Soweto (called 'Sowetaps'), and also enjoys the Cape's lovely beaches and hikes.
Senior Technical Field Manager
Matt Pretorius is inventor, entrepreneur and enterprise engineer. He completed his bachelor degree in Civil Engineering at Stellenbosch University in 2012. He then pursued a Masters in Industrial Engineering also Stellenbosch University which was subsequently upgraded to a Doctorate degree in 2015. During his postgraduate studies, he was awarded a SAVUSA scholarship to attend a 3-month studies at Wageningen University (Netherlands), as well as a 10-month data collection at Uppsala University (Sweden) by the Erasmus Mundus scholarship. He has represented his research at numerous international conference and has received various academic merit awards, including the prestigious Golden Key International Honour Society. Parallel to his academic studies, he co-founded Pitchin South Africa that was exited to Stellenbosch University business incubator, the LaunchLab. Furthermore, he helped develop the technology for the startup, Stroketech that has received numerous international awards for its sport innovation including the Swiss -South Africa Venture Leaders and Leaders in Innovation Fellowship. He recently invented a novel eco-toilet (provisional patent filed) and launched a social enterprise called Common Toilet which also has received numerous international awards including the Mazars For Good Innovation Challenge and the Ericsson Innovation Awards. Matt is passionate about technology and more importantly how it can be used to better our society. He is also a keen water sports fanatic such as surfing, sailing, underwater hockey and freediving, as well as being a trained Scuba PADI Divemaster.
Corporate General Manager
Sri is a travel fanatic and loves road trips, train journeys and most of all likes to experience different styles of street food. Sri grew up in the IT capital of India, Bangalore and completed his Bachelors in Business Management. Throughout his college life, he has worked on various social sector projects and was responsible for conducting various donation camps on campus. On graduating, his strong passion for the development sector led him to take up the Grassroutes rural fellowship program where-in he worked with traditional artisans from rural Kerala to help promote their products online and create an alternate revenue stream. Inspired by his observations on development, he took up a full-time position as Program Manager at Grassroutes for 2 years and traveled across India to work with over 25 rural based NGOs on designing projects, volunteer management and post-fellowship impact assessment. At Dimagi, as Field Implementer, he has loved every bit of travel across villages and especially enjoys the bicycle rides. He wishes to use his experience to drive Dimagi's on-field presence and help foster stronger relationships with the community we serve. In the long run, he wishes to play an important role in Impact Assessment and Business Development.
Senior Project Manager
Beth is a Senior Project Manager at Dimagi in Cape Town. Prior to joining Dimagi, Beth has spent her career working for and supporting social enterprises. Most recently she was in charge of product development at global non-profit called B Lab. B Lab certifies companies as “B Corporations” - for-profit companies that use business to solve social and environmental problems. Upon moving back to Cape Town, she was psyched to be introduced to Dimagi - a local B Corp. Beth was born in the U.S. where she completed a bachelor’s degree in international studies and an MBA. She came to Cape Town for the first time in her twenties and fell in love with both the city and her now husband. Beth enjoys hiking & yoga and lives with her husband Steven and her two vivacious little boys, Alex and Theo.
Field Manager
Lourena is a Field Manager on Dimagi’s Global services. She is from Mozambique and recently completed her degree in Information Systems at the University of Cape Town. While studying, she joined few start-up companies, and discovered her passion for technology, and how much it can do for low-resource communities. She aspires to work in projects that have impact, and bring a change to people’s lives. Her mission is to empower young people to use tools that will make their work more efficient and effective. Lourena looks forward to her work with Dimagi. She believes that Dimagi gives opportunity to gain the necessary technical skills and experience in the field, to empower young minds, specifically in the less privileged communities, so that real changes can be made.
Program Manager
Catherine is a Program Manager at Dimagi Cape Town. Catherine is originally from Stockholm (Sweden) and moved her way down to South Africa via France, Switzerland and Spain. She loves to travel, learn new languages and discover new cultures. She holds a Masters in Electrical Engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and a Masters in Telecommunications from the University of Madrid. She loves technology, especially innovations that help drive efficiency, as she strongly believes that there aren’t enough hours in a day. She is also a Certified Project Manager (PMP) and an Agile Scrum Master. Prior to joining Dimagi, she worked as Project Manager for software and integration projects in the Financial Services sector and as a Product Manager for Enterprise Security solutions.
Field Manager
I am from Mozambique and lived most of my life in Maputo. Did my university studies in computer engineering at ISCTEM as part-time student. My first work experience was with startup companies during university years before joining a more corporate environment. During that time, I was involved in understanding the business to create innovative IT solutions, processes to support them, and to use stored data to provide valuable insights to decision-makers. My professional career helped me understand that exposure to different markets and ideas leads to innovation. This led me to further my studies. I started post-graduation at UCT where I joined the icomms team and experienced their involvement with communities. This created in me a willingness to join a community-oriented company and Dimagi best represents this a company that strives to positively impact underserved communities around the world.
Senior Field Manager
Ahmad is professionally driven by working on projects that have a direct positive impact on people’s lives and empowering young people with knowledge that can be used to change their lives, knowledge that can drive them to think outside the box and consequently create sustainable growth. He comes to Dimagi as a Senior Field Manager after having worked for more than a decade at the Computer Center of the University Eduardo Mondlane in Maputo where he participated in projects with NGO’s, Government Entities and Private Companies in various contexts, from criminal records to presidential elections, and wearing different “hats” such as Software Developer, Systems Analyst, Designer and Project Manager. He also has experience teaching software engineering classes and as an independent IT consultant working on projects related to School Management, Traffic Fines, Supply Chain, Stock Management, POS and CMS in Mozambique. He holds bachelor and postgraduate degrees in Computer Science from University Eduardo Mondlane. In his free time, Ahmad enjoys cycling, reading (especially historical non-fiction), camping, hiking, going to the beach, dancing, singing karaoke (badly), playing sports and being with family and friends. He looks forward to his work with Dimagi and making a difference, which he believes is the “juice of life”.
Corporate General Manager - Partnerships & Development Lead
Carlos joined Dimagi in February 2016 to contribute to the engagement and development of DSA business. Previously he worked for 5 years at a Social Company as Operations Manager handling business development efforts for a Fair Trade Company supporting the sustainable development of cooperatives in the Townships of Cape Town. Prior to that he Coordinated a Sustainable Management Services project in Mexico helping coffee producers becoming more sustainable in their practices. Born and raised in Teziutlan, Mexico, he completed a Bachelor’s degree in International Business in Mexico, and later did a Master Degree of Arts in International Business and Negotiation in Rennes, France. He has lived in France, Brazil, USA and Mexico, but found his passion in South Africa where he is able to combine his business background with his social passion. He enjoys outdoors and likes boxing, running and reading, he is very involved in local social projects at the community level with his church.
Technical Project Manager
Kelly joins Dimagi as a Technical Project Manager to make his use of technology have an actual impact on development efforts and initiatives. Born and raised in Cote d’Ivoire, from a Togolese father and a Beninese mother, he basically defines himself as a “West African”. Prior to Dimagi, Kelly has worked as an IT Consultant for the African Development Bank Group, and Africa Label Group. He also worked as an IT Analyst for the Permanent Inter State Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel. He has a Master’s Degree in Information Systems Security from the Institut Superieur de Gestion de Tunis in Tunisia. Kelly is deeply convinced that using technology the right way can make the World a better place to live. He is in love with Malika, his guitar, and is also a die-hard fan of Richard Bona.
Country Director, West Africa
Mohini started at Dimagi as a Field Fellow in India in 2011. She launched many maternal and child deployments using CommCare across the country. She joined Dimagi’s newest West Africa office in July 2014. Mohini is deeply interested in finding innovative ways to use Dimagi’s tools to empower individual users and their communities. Prior to Dimagi, Mohini blogged about ICT4D research at MobileActive.org and supported the piloting of different mHealth platforms at TulaSalud in Guatemala. She studied Biochemistry and Health Studies at McMaster University, in Hamilton, Ontario. Mohini loves taking road trips and sharing her grandmother’s Indian recipes with friends. She has lived in India, Germany and Guatemala. She speaks Hindi, Gujarati, French and Spanish. She currently lives in Dakar, Senegal.
Office Administrator
Sophie joins Dimagi with a 15 years experience in Operations, Administration and Office Management. Prior to joining Dimagi, Sophie worked for an International confederation of 20 Organisations working together with partners and local communities in more than 90 countries and determined to change that world by mobilizing the power of people against poverty. Sophie holds two master degrees: One in Arts from the University Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar and the other in Human Resources from École des Techniques Internationales du Commerce, de la Communication et des Affaires ETICCA Dakar. She is very exited to bring her skills to Dimagi team and contribute to the achievement of its mission.
Senior Technical Project Manager
Fan of Hercule Poirot, Ismaila strives to grow a mustache as famous and as amazing as the Agatha Christie’s main character. On a more serious note, Ismaila has previous experiences as multi-task analyst (from support analyst to business analyst, with some project management on top) in the Asset Management sector in Paris and London, and as an IT auditor in Western Africa. In this new adventure with Dimagi, Ismaila looks forward to having a more meaningful social impact in his daily work. And as a child of mother Africa raised in the Information Technology era, he dreams to see the day when the latest will help to accelerate the development of the continent. Every dream begins with labor…
Senior Project Analyst
Nele is a Senior Project Analyst at Dimagi. She has led and supported projects in Ghana, India, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. She is most passionate about service delivery projects focusing on Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) and neglected diseases. She feels very fortunate to be part of a collaborative, multi-cultural team that works at the intersection of technology and development. Before Dimagi, Nele worked for several years at a for-profit social enterprise which develops last-mile distribution systems for bringing efficient cookstoves and solar lighting solutions to underserved communities in East Africa. She led market research efforts, coordinated monitoring activities, trained field staff on product knowledge, sales strategies, as well as introducing mobile data collection systems and sales transaction apps. Nele graduated from Northeastern University with a BA in International Affairs and minors in Sociology and Anthropology. Born to Belgian parents, she grew up in the Netherlands, Austria, and the US, after which she lived 5 years in Kenya. When not working, Nele can be found spending time with friends, cooking, learning to surf, and going on outdoor adventures.
Senior Project Analyst
Siobhan ‘Chevy’ Lazenby is a Senior Project Analyst with Dimagi’s global services team based in Dakar, Senegal. Chevy earned her academic stripes from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. Throughout her studies in environmental sciences and international development, she became intrigued by the ways in which our physical and social habitats actively shape health outcomes and these interests were galvanized through opportunities for research in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Barbados, the United States and northern Canada. While working for Médecins Sans Frontières during the peak of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, Chevy became infuriated by the catatonic inaction of the international community and captivated by the need for a gendered lens in humanitarian interventions. After falling head over hiking boots for a discipline that coalesced so many of her interests (in women’s studies, social epidemiology, medicine and advocacy), Chevy graduated keen to transform her education into action. Prior to joining Dimagi, she was based in Kigali, Rwanda on an OceanPath Fellowship through the Coady International lnstitute. When she wasn’t devouring data, dodging dala-dalas or dabbling in design, she was managing the cultivation of community-designed eye health programs for people living with diabetes and amplifying the awe-inspiring work of the Tubahumurize Women’s Association. These projects tugged her towards the intersection of global health equity and innovation and led her to a position exploring precisely that with Grand Challenges Canada in Toronto. Preceding her work in global health, Chevy held a number of leadership positions in community development with the YMCA, SHAD and McGill Residences. Chevy grew up on traditional Tsuu T’ina territory and her permanent mailing address is still at the base of the beautiful Rocky Mountains in Calgary, Alberta. With a zeal for data visualization, outdoor pursuits and social justice, Chevy is thrilled to be surfing and developing sustainable software solutions in Senegal. Kryptonite? Mint chocolate anything. Irrational Fear? Birds. Favourite book? The Prophet. Ted Talk? Brené Brown. Hike? Nyiragongo. Senegalese artist? Baaba Maal. Funniest attempt at pronouncing Siobhan? Soybean.
Technical Project Manager
Jessica comes to Dakar by way of San Francisco. She met her San Francisco roommates in a philosophy club, and looks forward to the day she can be equally grandstanding about her social circle in Dakar. Jessica graduated from Stanford University with a BS in symbolic systems and an MS in computer science. Her studies focused on cognitive science, artificial intelligence, and natural language processing. Her summers ranged from researching machine learning at Microsoft Research Asia and Rosetta Stone to vacillating over whether to allow Stanford math camp counselors to use super soakers on students who missed curfew. After graduating, Jessica split her time between NGOs and tech start-ups. Jessica lived in a hospital in rural Burundi for a year and a half, managing an EMR, training staff in computer skills, and streamlining procurement. She watched Airbnb become a household name during her years as a software engineer there. And at a small AI start-up, Idibon, Jessica led a collaborative project with UNICEF's U-Report program. Jessica is honored to be a part of Dimagi's conscientious, talented, and thoughtful team building better tools for under-resourced service providers. She thoroughly enjoys exploring West Africa, and, in particular, Dakar. Jessica has studied five disparate non-English languages (French, Mandarin Chinese, Kirundi, Spanish, and Wolof), but speaks only French well enough to start a philosophy club in. Quelle chance!
Senior Project Analyst
Codou is a Senior Project Analyst on Dimagi’s global services team in West Africa. Passionate with Finance, she has worked for four years in financial markets (Risk management and Trading) before deciding to return to her home country Senegal in order to support projects that were helping the continent. This leads her to join a consulting firm which elaborate strategic plans for countries and companies in west and central Africa. Joining Dimagi was a way for her to work on projects which will helps improve populations’ condition and also have immediate impact. Codou has an engineering degree in computer science and two master degrees in financial engineering and risk management.
Senior Partnerships and Business Development Manager
Khady joins Dimagi in July 2016 as a Partnership Manager to contribute in developing DWA business, she is bringing with her 6 years of experience in partnerships development and direct sales in the IT Industry. Khady was born and raised in Senegal and left the country at the age of 18 to live and study in France, where she stayed for 7 years.. She holds a Bachelor in Computer Sciences and Technical Engineering from University of Sciences and Technology in Montpellier and a Master in International Management from University Jean Moulin in Lyon. Prior to Dimagi, Khady has worked for Cisco and Oracle in West and Central Africa, with a base location in Dakar, but travelling extensively to meet her partners and customers in the territory. Then she decided after few years in Dakar, to accept an offer from Microsoft in Dubai, where she was responsible for developing their small and medium business opportunities in Eastern and Southern Africa territory. During those previous experiences, she was able to develop her drive for results, influencing for impact and growth mindset. She is married, loves to travel but is strongly attached to her roots and family in Senegal, enjoys adrenaline activities and is a big fan of fashion.
Senior Project Analyst
Ayla is passionate about both human equity and diversity. She loves traveling to experience different cultures through making friends, visiting homes, and listening to stories. Likewise, she loves to see, hear, smell, and sometimes taste the innumerable species of flora and fauna that we share the world with. She comes to Dimagi with a background in research, development, energy technologies, and conservation, and she will never turn down an opportunity to give a Powerpoint Presentation. While serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer, Ayla lived in a small rural village and worked on projects in conservation, tourism, and financial management. She also worked at the Technological University of Panama as a researcher, teacher, and translator. By working for her family’s consulting company, Ayla gained experience in business development, creating economic models, and assisting in data analysis for small and medium scale renewable energy projects. Before joining Dimagi, Ayla worked for 6 months as a research intern at a Paris-based renewable energy research association where she assisted in the compilation of The Renewables 2015 Global Status report. Ayla has a BS in Zoology from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and an MS International Development from Tulane University.
Senior Project Analyst
Fatou joins Dimagi as a Senior Project Analyst in Global Services team in Dakar. She graduated as an engineer in electronics and embedded systems from the polytechnic school of Nantes. As part of her program, she did an external semester in Montreal and studied, apart from computer science related class, Medical imaging her favorite class of her student years!! After graduating and returning to Paris, she spent 2 years as a C developer in embedded systems in a communications company before joining GE healthcare to work on Xray generator system. From there, she worked for an IT company in Financial markets for 2 years. She believes that IT will play a big role in the future development of Africa and is really interested in healthcare issues and environmental protection. In her free time, Fatou loves traveling and discovering new places, as well as trying adrenaline activities, reading and ... eating guacamole.
Senior Project Analyst
Oussama [Ouss] joins the Dimagi West Africa team after spending two years in the US. Though originally from Tunisia, he has lived in both Chad Republic and Senegal, but family is currently based in Washington D.C- a place that he considers to be his second home. Ouss graduated from the University of Monastir in Tunisia as a doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD). During dental school, he participated in a three-year merit-based exchange program to the University of Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar, Senegal. Upon graduation, he worked for the public hospital system and led a public health and epidemiology research project for The Tunisian Association of Geriatric Dentistry that assessed the oral health status of elders living in long-term care facilities. Afterwards, he was awarded two of the most competitive scholarships in the world: Monbukagakusho from the Japanese Government and The Fulbright program from US Department of State. It was then that he decided to move west and, in 2016, graduated as a Fulbright alumnus of the Master of Health Administration program from the University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health. Ouss also worked temporarily for the Emergency Recruiting team of a major humanitarian responder in Washington D.C. streamlining the Emergency Response Unit’s Talent Pipeline and staffing for large scale responses including the refugee crisis in Serbia and Greece, the conflict-affected Yemen, as well as two earthquakes in Ecuador and Japan. Despite describing himself as a citizen of the world and a global nomad, Ouss is particularly in love with Africa. His passion for the continent incentivized the creation of his own non-for profit, the Africa Fulbright Network (AFN). AFN is a think-tank style organization co-founded with a fellow Fulbright mate from Benin and an amazing team of Fulbright alumni from across the five regions of Africa. In joining Dimagi West Africa, Ouss hopes to achieve a better understanding of the development challenges in Africa, and the future of IT applied to global health and other sectors. In the distant future, he aspires for a career as a diplomat within the international arena advocating for low-income communities and vulnerable populations.