About Wayan Vota

Wayan Vota on 60 Minutes - CBS News

Wayan Vota is a technology expert focused on appropriate information and communication technologies (ICT) for rural and underserved areas of the developing world.

He is currently the Senior Director of the Inveneo Certified ICT Partner Program, where he is developing a network of entrepreneurial information and communication technology companies focused on installing and maintaining rural and remote technology deployments across Africa and Asia. One aspect of that effort is ICTworks - an online community for ICT practitioners in the developing world.

Wayan Vota also develops unique, successful communities of practice through engaging, authoritative online content, and on- and offline organization through multiple distribution channels, including:

Convening the Technology Salon, exploring the nexus of ICT and development
Publishing OLPC News, the premier independent online community on One Laptop Per Child
Developing the Educational Technology Debate for infoDev at the World Bank.

In addition, he has over a decade of global experience in design and development of technology-based solutions, including:

Launching national professional social capital networking programs for Mercy Corps
Promoting technology-based economic development programs for IESC Geekcorps
Designing corporate financial workflows for PricewaterhouseCoopers, Moscow

When not off in distant lands or coveting clock-stopping hot technology, Wayan lives in Washington, DC, with his lovely wife Amy, daughter Hanalei, and the family mascot, Taxi Dog.

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