Simply over two years in the past, I launched the Now Go Construct CTO Fellowship with 9 know-how leaders working in catastrophe administration and local weather resilience. Since then, this system has grown to 24 Fellows from 18 international locations throughout 4 continents, tackling issues in healthcare, training, and meals safety.
Right this moment, we’re releasing the second season of our documentary collection. Throughout 5 episodes, you’ll hear from Brendan Michaelsen, Ezekiel Brooks, Maryam Bello, Abheejit Khandagale, Adnan Ahmed Qureshi, Miriam Chickering, Alexandra Kroenert, Gokul Kumar, Jassen Stanchev, Rosius Ndimofor, Oluwafunmilayo Ajakaiye, Djime Sacko, Rajasekhar Kaliki, and Jay Patel. They’re constructing secure digital areas for survivors of violence, open-source well being file methods to serve thousands and thousands of sufferers, maternal healthcare providers through SMS for expectant moms utilizing characteristic telephones, digital micro-schools in refugee camps, and AI-powered studying in languages that industrial fashions don’t help.
What makes this group distinctive are their journeys to change into builders. A lawyer who understands the refugee expertise. A global relations graduate who is aware of reproductive well being coverage. A scholar from Mali who noticed firsthand what the training system in his nation was failing to offer. And somewhat than ready for technologists to point out up and clear up their issues, they picked up the instruments themselves and started working. It’s a scrappiness I’ve seen in the perfect builders I’ve labored with over twenty years at Amazon, and the Fellowship exists to assist them go additional, sooner.
Watch the primary episode beneath. The whole collection is on the market on the brand new Now Go Construct CTO Fellowship web site.
Now, go construct. For good.
