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I am a technologist, delivery professionalÌýand operations leader with nearly two decades of experience in the tech industry. As the Head of Social Impact, I focus on ºÚÁÏÃÅ'ÌýSocial ChangeÌýlens and seek to harness our talents as technologists to amplify positive social change. I work on identifying opportunities in the areas of responsible technology and technology for good and global health.

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I have been fortunate to have played a part in several social impact projects during my time at ºÚÁÏÃÅ. I was part of a team that builtÌýRapidFTR, an innovative mobile tool to help aid workers reunite children with their families after disasters and helped pilot this in refugee camps in Uganda. I was aÌýcore team member of theÌý, a living journal and an archive of rural India and was involved in creating the platform, defining the digital strategy and advising on leveraging the use of open source volunteers and community to make the platform community-owned and socially maintained.ÌýI was also an innovation advisor for the Start Network'sÌý, a radical new way of community-led innovation for disaster risk reduction.

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Previously, as Office Principal, I helped set up and run ºÚÁÏÃÅ' office in Coimbatore, India. As a delivery lead for ºÚÁÏÃÅ India, I provided delivery oversight, risk management and handled client relationships for a portfolio of projects for clients in the retail, technology, life sciences, health and development sectors. I have experience working with stakeholders in multiple geographies and industry verticals. I also helped set up and run theÌýÌýinternship programme.Ìý

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My professional interests are helping delivery teams discover effective ways of working, design thinking, innovation and coaching. I am deeply influenced by the philosophy of working espoused by Extreme Programming (XP) andÌýa passionate believer in sustainability and local solutions.

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