April Allderdice brings first hand experience launching new ventures, structuring financing packages, conducting strategic analysis, designing pilots and implementing technology. A founding member of Grameen Shakti, the renewable energy business of Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, she was also an associate at McKinsey and Company, as well as a project manager at Dalberg GDA. She started her career at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory working on the Renewables for Village Power program. She holds a Masters in Business Administration from Columbia University and a Bachelors Degree in Physics from Wesleyan University. She is the co-author with John Rogers of Renewable Energy for Microfinance.
James Dailey worked at the Grameen Technology Center since its founding in 2001, and led the development of the Microfinance Open Source (Mifos) project. He holds a degree in MIS from the University of Notre Dame, and a Masters in international environmental policy from the University of Washington. He has worked on several business start up concepts, including Credit Bureaus for Microfinance and MicroFinance ClearingHouse. He is also a long time Board member of Climate Solutions, a non-profit in Seattle, and has written on the impact of Climate Change on West Africa. He started his career as a Peace Corps volunteer in West Africa, teaching mathematics.
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