Join Generous Life NY on April 8th at 6:30 pm for a thought-provoking and empowering panel from Opportunity Interantional.
Opportunity International is a faith-based, global nonprofit that has been equipping people to build sustainable livelihoods and educate their children for 53 years. Every year, Opportunity provides 20 million people living in extreme poverty with access to financial services, like small loans to start and grow businesses, training in financial literacy, and support to build sustainable incomes, and has provided access to quality education to over 16 million children globally.
Join us as we hear how they are leveraging digital innovations and AI solutions to scale their impact across 32 countries. For a preview on how they are using technology to drive global development, learn more from their recent features in Time Magazine (The Nonprofit Using AI to Aid African Teachers and Farmers | TIME) and Bloomberg News (The AI Revolution Comes For Farmers Growing a Third of Our Food – Bloomberg News).
Please RSVP below and join us on April 8th.
DETAILS//
Format | Live Event
Attire | Business Casual
Join us as we hear how they are leveraging digital innovations and AI solutions to scale their impact across 32 countries. For a preview on how they are using technology to drive global development, learn more from their recent features in Time Magazine (The Nonprofit Using AI to Aid African Teachers and Farmers | TIME) and Bloomberg News (The AI Revolution Comes For Farmers Growing a Third of Our Food – Bloomberg News).
Please RSVP below and join us on April 8th.
DETAILS//
Format | Live Event
Attire | Business Casual
Speakers
PAUL ESSENE
Head of Product & Technical Innovation
OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL
OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL
Paul Essene leads the Digital Innovation product team, driving initiatives using human centered design to conceptualize, develop, test, and ultimately deploy technology in support of our clients and partners needs.
Paul comes to Opportunity International bringing 30 years of experience in public/private sector consulting and delivering solutions in companies such as Microsoft and Amazon in program and product management roles. Paul is passionate about deeply understanding the human needs underlying problems, and delivering technical solutions and experiences for our clients and partners. Paul built experiences for the partner community at Microsoft to help their customers understand how cloud services could meet the needs of small and mid-sized businesses. At Amazon, he was involved in the core retail search experience, as well as in Kindle as product manager, opening up Kindle content sales for Arabic language content in new countries. In his final role before joining Opportunity, he worked for Apple in the Artificial Intelligence team focused on accessibility features. He decided to leave the corporate space to use his experience in support of Opportunity International’s mission.
He lives in Seattle, Washington with his wife and family.
Paul comes to Opportunity International bringing 30 years of experience in public/private sector consulting and delivering solutions in companies such as Microsoft and Amazon in program and product management roles. Paul is passionate about deeply understanding the human needs underlying problems, and delivering technical solutions and experiences for our clients and partners. Paul built experiences for the partner community at Microsoft to help their customers understand how cloud services could meet the needs of small and mid-sized businesses. At Amazon, he was involved in the core retail search experience, as well as in Kindle as product manager, opening up Kindle content sales for Arabic language content in new countries. In his final role before joining Opportunity, he worked for Apple in the Artificial Intelligence team focused on accessibility features. He decided to leave the corporate space to use his experience in support of Opportunity International’s mission.
He lives in Seattle, Washington with his wife and family.
LINDSEY PAULSEN
NATIONAL MARKET DEVELOPMENT LEAD
OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL
OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL
Lindsey Paulsen is the National Market Development Lead at Opportunity International’s Digital Innovation Group, where she forges strategic partnerships and mobilizes funding to advance technology-driven solutions across the organization’s global programs. With a deep commitment to social impact, Lindsey previously led refugee resettlement initiatives at a major DC-area church, advocating for displaced families and coordinating community-driven support efforts. Earlier in her career, she specialized in consulting and political fundraising, advising national campaigns on strategy and development, as well as helping private-sector companies expand through government partnerships.
Join us on April 8th!