Jim is a serial tech and social entrepreneur who founded Tech Matters in 2018 to advance large-scale social impact using software and data. Jim and his team have created two new nonprofit tech enterprises, while also helping social good leaders on tech challenges. Aselo is designed to take crisis response helplines from the telephone era to the social media era, helping them better respond to the urgent needs of those in crisis. Terraso is a tech platform to being tools, knowledge and funding to community leaders building more regenerative local economies against the backdrop of the climate crisis.
Prior to founding Tech Matters, Jim was the founder and CEO of Benetech for nearly 30 years, delivering large-scale change in partnership with hundreds of organizations as part of social enterprises addressing education, disability, human rights, and the environment.
Jim is a MacArthur Fellow, a Skoll Awardee, and a Distinguished Alumnus of Caltech.
Arresting DeforestationClean EnergyClean WaterEarly Childhood to Primary EducationEconomic OpportunityEducationEnvironmental SustainabilityHealthHuman RightsInternational JusticeLivelihoodsLiving ConditionsOcean EcosystemsPeacePeace and Human RightsPost-Secondary EducationResponsible Supply ChainsSanitationSecondary EducationSmallholder ProductivityStandardsSustainable MarketsWater ManagementWomen's and Girls' EducationYouth Job Skills
Caribbean, Central America, Central and Southern Asia, Eastern and Southern Africa, Eastern Asia, Europe, Middle East and North Africa, North America, Oceania, South America, Southeast Asia, West and Central Africa
