Tim Wood

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Biographical Information

"Tim Wood is the director of mobile health innovation at the Grameen Foundation and specializes in applying information technology to address the problems of poverty and health in developing countries. After 12 years at Microsoft working on software development, Tim spent two years consulting with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation looking at the intersection of information technology and global health. He joined the Grameen Foundation’s Technology Center in 2002 and pioneered replication of the Grameen Village Phone program, launching sustainable initiatives in Uganda and Rwanda and co-authoring the Village Phone Replication Manual. Tim leads the Mobile Technology for Community Health initiative underway in Ghana and brings a broad range of technical and business expertise to technology initiatives for developing countries."

Affiliations

• Advisory Board, Room to Read