Deborah Tien Email & Phone Number

United States

Working towards shared stewardship & responsibility of the USA.Recognized as Cogenerate Gen2Gen Innovation Fellow, Feedback Labs Champion, and Humanity in Action Landecker Democracy Fellow.

Geneva, CH

Led a team of researchers to develop a living library of participatory governance use cases: http://toolkit.restate.global/Re-State is an open, collaborative, impact-oriented platform for governance innovation. We believe that governance systems can be transparent, decentralized, participatory, supported by technology, and people-centered.

San Francisco, California, US

Amsterdam, NL

CoPlantation is a collective of highly experienced practitioners committed to enabling the excellence of others - focused on strategy, innovation, and brand execution within Maori / Indigenous economies.

New York, New York, US

Researched and synthesized findings of socially-driven applications of blockchain in China, into report for non-technical staff

Arusha, Tanzania, TZ

Twende (www.twende-tanzania.org) empowers people to design and make their own technologies to solve community challenges in Tanzania. We are working towards a world with more local solutions to local challenges.- As the first Executive Director at Twende, I stewarded a team of Tanzanian as the only foreigner on payroll. Now the team is entirely Tanzanian..

Arusha, Tanzania, TZ

Twende (www.twende-tanzania.org) empowers people to design and make their own technologies to solve community challenges in Tanzania. We are working towards a world with more local solutions to local challenges.- Oversaw complete design and construction of new space, using natural material (cob)- Won pitch competition for unrestricted funding for capital.

Den Haag, NL

Built database of 30+ successful rural youth entrepreneurship and employment initiatives in East Africa and published analysis

Fintech start-up, provided white-label online banking app for community banks and credit unions to promote young adult financial literacy and confidence. Our team of 7 participated in the GIGTANK accelerator in Chattanooga, TN.My primary roles as CEO: fundraising, investor management, business development, product oversight

Designed microcredit pilot program. Wrote grant LOI and was selected as finalist for grant funding.

Performed primary & secondary research for bestselling Indian author for her nonfiction work published by Aleph Publishing House.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, US

Used human-centered design (HCD) to redesign a solar autoclave (http://autoclave.mit.edu/) to optimize sunlight and maximize efficiency. Traveled to Nicaragua to meet with rural health clinic workers to further market research and design. Attended NCIIA Sustainable Vision VentureLabs Conference.

Wellesley, MA, US

Graded eighteen problem sheets a week and assisted anywhere from one to fifteen students a week with introductory physics.

Wellesley, MA, US

Analyzed spectral lines of VV Cephei, 31 Cygni, and KQ Puppis (binary star systems) with IDL from IUE and FUSE data. Work funded by Massachusetts Space Grant. Presented findings at Ruhlman Conference 2010.

London, GB

Designed lens and lighting system to adapt mobile phones to photograph retinas. Independently learned ray-tracing software (Zemax). Presented project at Tanner Conference 2011.

Revised drafts on the trends of eye cases for publication in medical journals.

Oxford, Oxfordshire, GB

Designed and built a prototype of a lightning detector with a microcontroller (coded with C) and acoustic, optical, and electromagnetic sensors as part of a Masters of Physics project.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, US

Used lasers, cryogenics, and a confocal microscope to find photoluminescence to characterize quantum dots. Used Matlab and LabVIEW. Co-author of four published papers.

Needham, MA, US

Member of team that created an “Invisi-Harp” using a microcontroller, IR sensors, and LEDs. Main role was coding with C and Python.

Master'S Degree, Global Affairs

Ba, Astrophysics

Visiting Student, Physics

High School Diploma, General