Chris Stewart

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Business Intelligence Developer at Union Standard Insurance Group

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Chris Stewart’s Summary

Goals >> Coworking

1) Raise awareness of coworking as a viable alternative to the typical full-time colocation arrangement. I'm doing this by supporting Jelly! events in Dallas and forming a local creative community in Cedar Hill. For a great primer on coworking, read http://mashable.com/2008/11/07/reasons-to-start-coworking/, or check out my wiki page at http://wiki.workatjelly.com/Cedar+Hill+Texas.

2) Establish a dedicated coworking space in Cedar Hill, Texas (15 minutes south of Dallas) for freelancers and mobile knowledge workers who live south of I-20. Targeted for individuals typically working out of their local Starbucks, the space will provide office amenities and the social benefit of being surrounded by energetic individuals who share common values: independence, innovation, and collaboration. The business model will be similar to Conjunctured in Austin (http://www.conjunctured.com).

Goals >> Microfinance

1) Raise awareness about microfinance as a superior alternative to traditional aid as a method to help the working poor in developing nations pull themselves out of poverty in a way that's sustainable and scalable. In August 2008 I visited Esperanza, an active MFI in Dominican Republic, and saw first-hand that microcredit, microsavings, and group health benefits can radically impact poor communities for the better. Visit http://www.kiva.org for more.

2) Establish a tech. startup that will leverage the social web to shorten the virtual distance between members of the microfinance value chain. For lenders who are financially-motivated, we will provide transparent metrics to determine the quality of loan portfolios in an effort to help them manage risk. For lenders who are socially-motivated, we will work with MFIs to provide technology and process knowledge to their teams in the field to chronicle the stories of their borrowers/clients.

Chris Stewart’s Specialties:

coworking, microfinance, Jelly!, computer technology platform architecture development (hardware/software), business intelligence, relational database design, solution requirements analytics

Chris Stewart’s Experience

Business Intelligence Developer

Union Standard Insurance Group

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Insurance industry)

April 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)

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Chris Stewart’s Interests:

agile software development model, real-time strategy gaming, reading books on leadership development, corporate growth, personal biographies/autobiographies