IEEE Humanitarian Workshop - Speakers

Mitul Shah, Senior Director of Technology Partnerships, UN Foundation

Mitul Shah is Senior Director of Technology Partnerships at the United Nations Foundation. He directs the partnership between the Vodafone Group Foundation and the UN Foundation. The partnership leverages Vodafone's core strengths, its mobile technology, global infrastructure, and capacity for mass consumer outreach with the UN's scale, mission, and human capital. Its goal is to support activities and manage initiatives that use technology tools to help the UN address the world's toughest challenges more effectively and efficiently. Prior to joining UNF, Mitul was the Director of Programs at the International Youth Foundation (IYF) in Baltimore, MD. Prior to working at IYF, Mitul was a senior consultant at Inforte Corporation, an information technology and strategy consulting company. Mitul holds a MBA at the University of Maryland at College Park and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from the University of California at Riverside.

Sally Susnowitz, Director of Public Service Center, MIT

Sally Susnowitz is Director of the MIT Public Service Center and an Assistant Dean in Student Life. She enjoys working at the intersection of public service, experiential learning, and innovation. With this in mind, she co-founded Service Learning at MIT and the MIT IDEAS Competition. Before coming to MIT, she served as Director of the Service Learning Program at the University of Colorado at Boulder and taught scientific and technical writing there, also working on several writing-based instructional technology projects.

Gertjan van Stam, CEO, LinkNet Zambia

Gertjan van Stam is an entrepreneur living and working in rural Africa. He has founded numerous humanitarian initiatives, like the Macha Innovative Community School and Vision Community Center and Ubuntu Rural Building Society. He is the CEO of LinkNet Zambia, a rural based ICT cooperative that aims to establish ICT capabilities in rural Zambia and abroad. Among other activities Gertjan is also trustee of Flying Mission in Zambia, partner of Global Research Alliance, and the University of Zambia.

Colleen O'Holleran, Chapter Relations Managers, EWB-USA

--> Colleen O'Holleran is the EWB-USA Chapter Relations Manager for the Mountain and South East Regions. Colleen has lived and worked in Mexico, Morocco, and Spain with NGOs in the capacity of an educator and program leader. Colleen is a member of Planner's Network and a longtime volunteer for the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Foundation (HOBY).

Michael Andrews, MGA Chair, IEEE Humanitarian Technology Committee

Mr. Andrews is Managing Partner of Andrews and Associates, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in linking strategic plans to Emergency Planning, Continuity of Operations, Business Resumption Planning and Operational Readiness for business, schools and government entities. Mr. Andrews is a Senior Member of IEEE and is currently serving IEEE members as the MGA Chair/Representative on the IEEE Humanitarian Technology Challenge, New Faces of Engineering Award Evaluator, Region 6 Section and Chapter Support Chair, Phoenix Section PACE Chair and Phoenix Section Intersociety Liaison. He is also the Arizona Regional Coordinator for the National Engineers Week Future City Competition. Mr. Andrews has considerable experience in emergency planning and has been responsible for developing and implementing the Continuity of Operations (COOP) program offered to over than 40 Executive Branch agencies and the United States Senate. Mr. Andrews is very involved in community organizations including Future City Competition, Salvation Army and Arizona LeaderForce. He was awarded an IEEE Millennium Medal for outstanding achievements and contributions to IEEE and was given the IEEE-USA Robert S. Walleigh Award for Distinguished Contributions to Engineering Professionalism Award.

Andrew Waddoups, EWB-USA

Andrew Waddoups, P.E., is a Senior Project Manager for Burns and McDonnell in Centennial, Colorado. His background includes a degree in Bio-Resource Engineering from Rutgers University. Mr. Waddoups primarily focuses on water and wastewater treatment plant design and construction however he has diverse project experience. Mr. Waddoups also volunteers as an EWB technical advisory committee member.