About Wayan Vota
Wayan Vota is an award-winning strategist with three decades of success leading mission-driven organizations in strategic growth. He is on the forefront of utilizing new and emerging technologies to magnify social impact, with noted presentations on wearable sensors, real-time data, and failure in international development.
Now he is building the engine that wins funding for Intelehealth, and he uses AI to make it win more often. Previously, he was senior staff at Humentum, USAID/Zambia, Deloitte, IntraHealth International, FHI 360, Development Gateway, Inveneo, and IESC Geekcorps, and a consultant to infoDev at the World Bank.
Wayan combines three core competencies in his efforts:
- A deep understanding of information and communication technologies.
- The experience of deploying cutting-edge innovations in the world’s more difficult environments.
- The ability to translate the potential and peculiarities of both into the language of business.
Wayan lives on the bleeding edge of technology innovation. His experience transcends over 40 years of technology experimentation, creating holistic nationwide programs in 16 countries with a combined value in excess of $348 million over the past 18 years – an average of $15 million in new business won per year.
He also started multiple conferences to showcase technology’s promise, including the Global Digital Development Forum, Technology Salon, MERL Tech, and Fail Festival, and publishes ICTworks, the premier online community of technology for digital development practitioners that reaches 20,000 subscribers every week.
After hours, Wayan keeps busy designing highly popular card games, including JadedAid and KinderPerfect, with his lovely wife Amy, daughters Hanalei and Archer, and the family mascot, Addi Dog.