About Jim
I am a…
Blogger, Brainstormer, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Idea generator, Philanthropist, Scientist, Social entrepreneur, Technologist, World traveler
Bio
Founder/CEO of Tech Matters and Founder of Benetech. Expert at tech for good. MacArthur Fellow. Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship. Cofounder and former chair of the Social Enterprise Alliance. Cofounder of Calera Recognition Systems (now part of Nuance) and RAF Technology. Three federal advisory committee stints. Attended TED2!
I'm passionate about
Changing the world for the better, by making technology fully serve all of humanity
An idea worth spreading
The future of the nonprofit sector is tech!
Areas of expertise
accessibility, Climate, Disability, Environment, Human Rights, Social enterprise, Social Entrepreneurship, software, Web development
Things you might not know
Making sausage (seriously).