Chief Data OfficerHello Tractor
Funke is the Chief Data Officer at Hello Tractor where she focuses on using data to promote equitable access to mechanization services in Africa. She is a lawyer by training and holds a doctoral degree from Georgia Tech’s Sam Nunn School of International Affairs. Her research focused on understanding market opportunities for reducing post-harvest loss of maize among smallholder farmers in Northern Ghana. At Georgia Tech, Funke supported multidisciplinary research funded on issues ranging from financial inclusion, technologies and development, political economy, and international security.
Prior to Georgia Tech, Funke worked with the International Telecommunication Union Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland on Information and Communication Technologies and Development. She also worked with the European Space Policy Institute in Vienna, Austria on evaluating European and African co-operation in space activities. At the International Labor Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, Funke worked on employment and transition to low-carbon economies.