UN General Assembly, Social Good Summit Highlight Tech-Driven Development
Alyssa Heinze is a Marketing & Communications Intern at Vera Solutions. A junior at Dartmouth College, Alyssa studies Government and Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. Prior to her work at Vera, she studied abroad at Hyderabad Central University and interned for a women’s empowerment NGO in Kathmandu, Nepal. This year’s Social Good Summit focused on […]
Lwala Community Alliance Employs Salesforce to Understand and Serve Their Community
Lwala Community Alliance (Lwala) is a community-led innovator in rural western Kenya, proving that when communities lead, change is drastic and lasting. Lwala was founded by Milton and Fred Ochieng’ – brothers from our community – who catalyzed neighbors to build the area’s first hospital. Lwala co-runs this community hospital with the Ministry of Health […]
Eliminating the Information Gap: Jesse’s Road to Vera
Based in Cape Town, Jesse Twum-Boafo brings a background in Economics and Statistics to the Vera Consulting team. An innovation and Steve Jobs enthusiast, Jesse supports projects benefiting social impact organizations in Sub-Saharan Africa. This post is the latest in an ongoing series highlighting our team’s respective paths to Vera. Q: Who inspires you? What […]
Vera Welcomes 4th Fellowship Class
Earlier this summer, the fourth class of Vera Fellows convened at Amherst College for an intensive week of training and team building. Hailing from Canada, South Africa, Switzerland, and the U.S., these eight young professionals used training to skill up in Salesforce, discuss nuanced client case studies, and immerse themselves in Vera’s culture and vision for […]
Good data saves lives: Natalie’s road to Vera
Natalie Price, based in Mumbai, manages Vera’s Implementation Support Team. She has an MPH from Yale School of Public Health and brings more than five years of experience in the education, health, and technology sectors to the Vera team. This post is the latest in an ongoing series highlighting our team’s respective paths to Vera. […]
Vera one of nine Salesforce.org International Impact Partners
Earlier this summer, Vera attended Salesforce.org’s London World Tour to celebrate the launch of its International Partner Program. Designed to support the technology consultant community serving Salesforce.org’s 28,000 nonprofit and higher education customers around the world, the Program launched with 27 member organizations. Of the inaugural partners, nine have been designated as International Impact Partners, […]
Working Towards a quadruple-win: Zak’s Road to Vera
Co-Founder and CEO Zak Kaufman reflects on his path to and with Vera. When he’s not immersed in new technology and data systems, you can find Zak hiking in the mountains, cross-country skiing, or lacing up on the Ultimate Frisbee field. The interview below is the latest post in an ongoing series highlighting our team’s […]
What to look for in a System Administrator
Athan Makansi, based in Mumbai, leads Vera’s work in Asia. A certified Force.com Developer, Booz Allen Hamilton alumnus, and former Kiva fellow, Athan brings more than seven years of experience in business operations and international development to the Vera team. In any organization, a data system’s success is heavily influenced by its administrator — a […]
Improving social impact byte-by-byte: Nadeem’s road to Vera
Lead developer and technical architect, Nadeem Shaikh, discusses his path to Vera’s Mumbai hub. Before he developed the coding standards we live by, Nadeem was an independent branding and web presence consultant and also worked as a web solutions specialist. A Shah Rukh Khan fan who lives and breathes cricket, Nadeem received his MBA from IIPM. The […]
Sankalp Global Summit focused on the needs of the “Next 3 Billion”
Vera’s Caitlin Ferguson recently attended the Sankalp Global Summit in Mumbai. An annual event run by Intellecap, Sankalp provided a forum for more than 1,000 attendees – ranging from high-impact entrepreneurs to funders, corporates, and investors – to discuss “Innovations for the Next 3 Billion.” By 2030, an estimated additional 3 billion people will enter […]
