Organizations, tools, research

A founder-built organization making frontier AI safe for children: applied research, safety evaluations, red-teaming, and standards – evidence over alarm.

An advisory practice for safe, effective AI adoption in the social sector – strategy through implementation for NGOs, governments, and multilaterals.

A 66-researcher, 23-country fellowship, selected from about 180 applicants, building the evidence base on AI and child development.

A 13-person technology and innovation unit I founded inside a 4,300-person global NGO – I managed its product managers and seven-person software team; run on grant funding and earned revenue, it shipped open-source tools used in 60+ countries.

A global initiative against online violence against children, built from zero inside the world's largest independent child rights organization.

The Zoltner Consulting Group (ZCG) was a Santiago-based social enterprise designing and managing innovative ICT for Development (ICT4D) projects across the Americas.

An award-winning SMS market-information service for Chilean smallholders – early proof that technology built with its users outperforms technology built for them.

An SMS-based continuing-education service strengthening Peru's implementation of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (AIEPI) strategy in isolated Andean communities. One platform, two implementations: AIEPI Clínico reinforced clinical training for rural doctors, nurses, and nutritionists in Huancavelica, while AIEPI Comunitario supported community health agents working with pregnant women and young children in Huari, Ancash. Funded by the United Nations Foundation.

A digital platform for Senegal's artisanal fishing economy – maritime safety alerts with GPS distress messaging, a virtual fish marketplace, digital financial services, and processing best practices, accessible by visual interface, voice, or AI chatbot. Fish processors grew their businesses ten-fold; fishermen raised incomes by up to $550 a year.

Climate adaptation information for more than 120,000 Ugandan farmers in their own languages – seasonal forecasts, agricultural advisories, and market prices over SMS, interactive FM radio, and community loudspeakers. Cut crop loss and damage by as much as 65%.

A CORFO-funded web and SMS platform connecting rural farmer communities in Chile – 340+ farmers trained, documented as a replication model.

A cloud-based SMS messaging platform designed for novice users in rural, developing-country contexts – web-administered group messaging, two-way SMS, and automatic forwarding of RSS and Twitter feeds as text messages, receivable on any mobile phone. Built with DataDyne by Latin American developers, MIP powered DatAgro in Chile and SaludMóvil in Peru and drew replication requests from Argentina, Colombia, Guatemala, Kenya, Uganda, and the United States.

A generative-AI assistant built on the Humanitarian Data Insights Project, letting humanitarian teams query data and evidence in plain language.

A prototype ML classifier trained on real grooming conversations – behavior-level detection rather than content matching, named to IRCAI's Global Top 100 AI projects for the SDGs.

A five-country, child-centered framework defining technology-facilitated gender-based violence – built to guide prevention and response, not sit on a shelf.

A seven-country, child-centered study of how children experience online grooming – evidence from children themselves, funded by the Tech Coalition's Safe Online Research Fund.

Youth input to the people building and governing frontier AI – with Western Sydney University, Australia's eSafety Commissioner, Save the Children, and Common Good AI, now feeding a youth-informed AI constitution.

The USAID Symposium and GDDF tracks that made digital child protection a standing part of the global development technology agenda.