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Dr. Paul Polak
Psychiatrist, entrepreneur and philanthropist, Paul
Polak is the founder of International Development
Enterprises (IDE), a nonprofit that is harnessing the power
of the market to alleviate poverty. After a trip to Somalia,
Polak became interested in working with the rural poor. He
learned about their challenges by employing the same tactics
he pioneered as a psychiatrist-interviewing
them in their environment to understand their specific struggles
firsthand. By becoming intimate with the day-to-day needs of
the poor and treating them as customers, entrepreneurs and producers,
IDE has developed affordable technologies that have transformed
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Mohan Uttarwar
Mohan is a co-founder of BioImagene and has more than 20 years of experience as a high-tech entrepreneur. Mohan was the co-founder of Roamware Inc. and was the president and founder of SoftPlus, a leading provider of eCRM software for telecom carriers around the world. In February 2000, SoftPlus was sold to US Interactive for $360 million. Prior to starting SoftPlus, Mohan co-founded and served as the president of Digital Tools Inc., a leader in enterprise project and resource management software. He has held various software development and management positions with Hewlett Packard and Intel. Mohan has a Masters degree in Computer Science from the Florida Institute of Technology and a Masters in Electrical Engineering from Bombay University in Mumbai. He is a charter member of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs), a Silicon Valley-based forum for entrepreneurs.
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Lyn McLaughlin
Operations Manager
Lyn has more than ten years experience in operations management. She is the former Executive Director of WalkBoston and the founder of three non-profits. She serves on the board of Bread for the Journey, Denver, a neighborhood philanthropy organization. Lyn was awarded Northeast Youth Leader of the Year by the YMCA of America and has been twice nominated for the National Jefferson Award for Public Service. She studied Public Management and History at the University of Maine where she also served as Student Body President. Lyn has been featured on multiple "who to watch" lists which she does not take very seriously.
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