Krista has been working at the intersection of design and international development for over twelve years. Prior to coming to D-Rev in 2009, Krista was an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Diplomacy Fellow at the U.S. Department of State. At State, she worked on economic policy and the reconstruction of Iraq's electricity sector, earning recognition for her contribution to bilateral relations. From 1998 to 2001, she worked as a design engineer and researcher with KickStart International (then ApproTEC) in Nairobi, Kenya. She also has worked at the product design firm IDEO.

A native of Nova Scotia, Krista has a BE in Mechanical Engineering from Vanderbilt University, a MSE (Product Design), MSME and a PhD from Stanford University. Her doctoral work was among the first to focus on engineering and social entrepreneurship in less industrialized economies. Krista has taught at Kenyatta University and the University of Cape Town and is currently a lecturer at the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University. She is the author of numerous papers and articles on design, international development and higher education. Krista is a 2010-2012 Rainer Arnhold Fellow and a 2011 Pop!Tech Social Innovation Fellow.

Dr. Paul Polak, co-founder of D-Rev, currently leads the Access for Agriculture project with Kentaro Toyama. A psychiatrist, entrepreneur, educator and author, Paul has pursued a life mission of igniting a revolution among designers to develop solutions to poverty. He is probably best known for starting International Development Enterprises (IDE), a non-profit organization that has helped to end poverty for 17 million of the world's poorest people by making available radically affordable irrigation through local small entrepreneurs and opening private sector access to markets for their crops. For his work in agriculture, Paul has been recognized by Scientific American as one of the top 50 contributors to science. He was also one of the lead organizers of the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt's exhibit: Design for the Other Ninety Percent.

Paul's book, Out of Poverty: What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail has been internationally recognized for practical solutions to global poverty.

Three years ago, Kurt Kuhlmann's electronics design expertise and commitment to developing products for bottom-of-the-pyramid customers led him to co-found D-Rev. He has designed the core technology for the social enterprises Ignite Innovations, Ecopower, D-light and Niparaja. Kurt is a Silicon Valley veteran, having operated an engineering consultancy for over ten years while founding three successful business ventures. He has over 20 years of experience in circuit design, radio frequency and microwave R&D, digital signal processing, motor control and has a specialty in the synthesis of analog circuitry with digital embedded control. With several products on the U.S. and European market, Kurt's strength is supporting the transition from product design to production and has a proven track record with LED lights and water purification products. Kurt has been an advisor to the Stanford University Institute of Design since 2005.

Kurt holds a bachelor's degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a master's degree from University of Massachusetts-Amherst in radar and microwave design.

A biomedical engineer by training, Jayanth is interested in bringing some of the world's best health technologies to the world's poorest hospitals. He currently leads D-Rev’s Neonatal Jaundice Initiative, which is developing affordable, world-class diagnostic and treatment tools for jaundice management (see Brilliance). Prior to joining D-Rev, Jayanth was a Senior R&D Engineer at Abbot Vascular and has worked on medical devices ranging from knee to heart valve implants.

A native of India, Jayanth holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Osmania University and a MS from Stanford University.

Mohan comes to D-Rev with over 20 years of manufacturing experience in medical devices and electronic components. At VNUS Medical Technologies, Mohan was responsible for manufacturing scale up, supply chain management and cost reduction of a radio frequency generator and related ablation catheters, supporting revenue growth from $50M to over $100M. Prior to VNUS, Mohan was at W. L. Gore & Associates where he held engineering and manufacturing positions and helped drive manufacturing scale up as support of a successful launch of stent-graft products. Mohan previously held several engineering positions at Raychem Corporation. At D-Rev, Mohan is excited about the opportunity to scale up and deliver world-class medical devices to the places that most need it.

He holds an MS in Manufacturing Engineering from the University of Massachusetts and a BSME from Birla Institute of Technology and Science in India.

Hannah's interest in global health technologies and international development stemmed from her childhood living in a hospital in Ba Li, a small village by the Yangtze River in China, where her grandfather had set up a hospital to treat rural villagers after the Cultural Revolution. There she saw how poverty and health went hand-in-hand. D-Rev's process of developing practical and market-sustainable solutions to meet some of the world's most pressing needs resonates deeply with her and led her to join the team. Hannah is D-Rev's jack of all trades who manages the office and media affairs, while supporting D-Rev's clinical trial and regulatory work. Prior to joining D-Rev, she worked with NGOs in Mexico and China advocating education and community health. Hannah holds a BA in Biochemistry and English from Rice University.

Ben's passion for engineering, science and humanity led him to D-Rev, where he works closely with end-users to design practical and affordable medical devices. His work at D-Rev began with a Stanford class on precision engineering. What started as a class project to design a microscope for the developing world, soon became D-Rev's Global Scope. Ben continued the work, designing the fine focus mechanism for the microscope and making the design rugged enough for use in extreme environments. Ben also initiated and currently advises D-Rev’s Brilliance project, which is developing low-cost, highly efficacious phototherapy to treat neonatal jaundice. Ben is pursuing a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University.

Joel is co-founder of D-Rev's ReMotion project, which aims to provide high-performance prostheses for the developing world, and co-designer of the JaipurKnee, a low-cost prosthetic knee joint for above-knee amputees. A native of Jamaica, Joel grew up searching for ways to create innovative solutions to problems in the developing world. While designing wheelchairs as an undergraduate at MIT, he found his vocation: to solve human needs by combining empathy and technology with the aim of creating sustainable societal impact.

Joel holds Mechanical Engineering degrees from MIT and Stanford, and has held industry positions in medical device design at Ethicon and product design at Apple Computer. He recently served as a lecturer and fellow at the Stanford Design Institute, teaching Design Thinking, a human-centered process of innovation.

Vin joined D-Rev's ReMotion project after co-designing a low-cost elbow prosthetic in a Stanford University course on medical device design. While a graduate student, Vin gravitated toward the medical device arena because of its direct human impact, and this same passion led him to continue his work at D-Rev. Vin believes that solutions with the highest capacity for positive impact combine organizational sustainability with human benefit. Consequently, he is focused on finding sustainable ways to bring ReMotion prosthetic devices to more people outside of India, where it is currently being fit through clinical trials with the JaipurFoot Organization.

Vin holds a Master's degree in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University with a concentration in Entrepreneurial Design, focusing on the design of products and services in startup environments that have a high degree of ambiguity. Prior to Stanford, he studied restorative tendon-transfer surgeries at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and earned his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois.

Greg is the co-founder of Rise Solar, a for-profit social enterprise based on solar concentrator technology he and others developed while working at D-Rev. He has experience in mechanical design, machining and prototyping, and has worked in the solar industry for three years with experience at CoolEarth Solar. Greg holds an MS in Mechanical Engineering, with a focus in embedded systems, from Stanford University.

Jon joined Rise Solar for the opportunity to contribute to technology and economic innovations that are lifting millions out of poverty. Prior to starting Rise Solar, Jon was involved with Stanford’s Program on Liberation Technology and Dristhee, an Acumen Fund company in Delhi, India, where he worked on its Rural Health and Rural BPO initiatives. Jon also spent two years with Lazard’s San Francisco biotech mergers and acquisitions practice. Jon graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in Economics and International Relations.

As a member of D-Rev’s Brilliance project team based in Chennai, Marney works with a variety of stakeholders and user groups to refine the low-cost phototherapy device and develop an appropriate market rollout strategy for rural regions of India.  A product designer by training, she recently discovered her passion for designing for the greater good after collaborating with the Global Health Initiative on point-of-care HIV/AIDS diagnostic and monitoring devices for users in Zambia.  Marney found a natural fit at D-Rev, where she’s inspired by the opportunity to drastically impact users’ lives with appropriately-designed solutions.  She holds a BS in Product Design from Stanford University and and an MBA at Kellogg School of Management and a Masters in Engineering Management in Design & Innovation from Northwestern University.

A lawyer by training, Sara was drawn to D-Rev's dedication to design that is user-centered, world-class in quality, and intended to help large numbers of the people who need it most, as well as D-Rev's nimble and can-do attitude towards iterating their process and products as needed. She is currently assisting D-Rev in its grant-seeking activities and review of legal and IP issues, and also looks forward to helping D-Rev measure and evaluate its impact.

Sara worked for four years as a litigation associate at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, a top-tier law firm in New York, during which time she spent six months as a full-time extern at Legal Aid Society's Community Development Program and seven months running the Advocates for Human Rights' Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission statement-taking efforts in New York. Prior to her time at Fried Frank, she worked for various non-profits, and internet and software development companies. She is happiest when working on smart projects whose purposes are driven by empathy and compassion and a desire to support human dignity.

Sara holds a BA in Political Science from Stanford University and a JD from New York University School of Law. She has lived, studied, and volunteered in El Salvador, Ecuador, Ghana, Sierra Leone, and Mexico.