Senior Director, Certified ICT Partner Program at Inveneo
Washington D.C. Metro Area
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- Senior Director, Certified ICT Partner Program at Inveneo
- Consultant at infoDev at the World Bank
- Founder & Organizer at Techology Salon
- Founder & Publisher at OLPC News
- Past
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- Director, MicroMentor at Mercy Corps
- Director at IESC/Geekcorps
- Project Manager at Worldwide Retail Exchange
- Finance Project manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers Moscow
- Business Volunteer at United States Peace Corps, Western Russia
- Education
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- University of Central Florida - College of Business Administration
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- Information Technology and Services
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Wayan Vota’s Summary
Wayan Vota is a technology expert with over a decade of experience in project design, implementation, and management in developing as well as developed economies focusing on delivering international information and communication development programs for nonprofit, government, and private foundation clients.
He currently directs the Inveneo Certified IT Partner (ICIP) program, a formal training and certification process empowering local ICT practitioners to deliver life-impacting technologies to the organizations and people who need them most - those in remote and rural communities in the developing world.
Wayan is also an expert in developing online communities, having established OLPC News as a premier resource for the One Laptop Per Child program, and consulting with infoDev at the World Bank on a community of practice around low-cost ICT devices for education.
Previously, Mr. Vota led technology projects with public, private, and governmental organizations such as Mercy Corps, Geekcorps, PricewaterhouseCoopers, the National Council of Nonprofit Associations, and the United States Peace Corps.
Wayan Vota’s Experience
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Senior Director, Certified ICT Partner Program
Inveneo
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)
Inveneo is a non-profit social enterprise whose mission is to get the tools of information and communications technology into the hands of organizations and people who need them most - those in remote and rural communities in the developing world.
To expand the capacity to install and maintain technology solutions, I'm expanding the Certified ICT Partner (ICIP) program to build a community of local technology practitioners to empower social change in over 1,000 underserved communities. -
Consultant
infoDev at the World Bank
(Public Policy industry)
May 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)
infoDev works to promote better understanding and effective use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) as tools of poverty reduction and broad-based, sustainable development.
In order to develop public discussion around education, technology, and the developing world, I am helping infoDev build a community of practice - the Educational technology Debate http://edutechdebate.org/ - that engages educators and technologists to share their knowledge and experience with low-cost ICT devices in the education sector. -
Founder & Organizer
Techology Salon
(Non-Profit; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
The Technology Salon is an intimate, informal, and in person, discussion between information and communication technology experts and international development professionals, with a focus on both: technology's impact on donor-sponsored technical assistance delivery, and private enterprise driven economic development, facilitated by technology.
I've led the development of the group's growth from an ad hoc meeting, to its current status as a emerging community of practice for technology and development practitioners, now sponsored by the UN Foundation's Technology Partnership with the Vodafone Foundation. -
Founder & Publisher
OLPC News
(Non-Profit; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2005 — Present (4 years)
OLPC News is the leading independent voice focused on the One Laptop Per Child program, founded by Nicholas Negroponte, to distribute XO laptops to children in the developing world.
Progressing from writer, to editor, and now publisher, I've grown OLPC News into a blog, a forum, and a recognized force in the OLPC community, even by Nicholas Negroponte himself. -
Director, MicroMentor
Mercy Corps
(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)
September 2007 — May 2008 (9 months)
MicroMentor is an entrepreneur support network that helps very small business owners, microentrepreneurs, gain access to markets and increase income and profitability.
MicroMentor connects microentrepreneurs with successful business leaders who own or manage businesses in the same industry, for time-convenient mentoring and guidance. This entrepreneur support network leverages collaborative social networking technologies to create "social capital" for every participant - relevant, timely, and trusted business information and expertise.
MicroMentor also increases the effectiveness of community-based microenterprise and microfinance organizations by increasing technical assistance resources and reducing service delivery costs on a national scale while trade associations and corporate partners can diversify targeted participation opportunities for their constituencies with scalable and measurable activities. -
Director
IESC/Geekcorps
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
2004 — September 2007 (3 years)
Geekcorps, a division of IESC, promotes economic growth in the developing world by sending highly skilled technology volunteers to teach communities how use innovative and affordable information and communication technologies to solve development problems.
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Project Manager
Worldwide Retail Exchange
(Information Technology and Services industry)
2001 — 2003 (2 years)
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Finance Project manager
PricewaterhouseCoopers Moscow
(Information Technology and Services industry)
1997 — 2000 (3 years)
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Business Volunteer
United States Peace Corps, Western Russia
(Information Technology and Services industry)
1997 — 1997 (less than a year)
