Fwd: [TIER] Software for Off-grid Solar - Job Opportunities @ Angaza
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Krispin Leydon <krispin@krispinleydon.net> Date: Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 6:08 PM Subject: [TIER] Software for Off-grid Solar - Job Opportunities @ Angaza To: tier@tier.cs.berkeley.edu Interested in clean-energy access for the billion beyond the grid? Angaza has recently received Series-A funding, and we're looking for back-end <http://www.angazadesign.com/jobs/backend-developer/>, front-end <http://www.angazadesign.com/jobs/frontend-developer/> and mobile <http://www.angazadesign.com/jobs/android-developer/> talent to augment our team in SF, working in collaboration with counterparts in Nairobi. Software we write during the day enables affordable light at night for customers in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, India, and Pakistan. For more information, see below. -Krispin Introduction (2min): http://www.angazadesign.com/watch-video/ Web Site: http://www.angazadesign.com/ About: Angaza removes the upfront price barrier for clean energy products in emerging markets, by enabling off-grid customers to pre-pay for energy in affordable amounts, spread over time. Our technology stack encompasses embedded data transfer technologies and cloud-based analytics software to product manufacturers and distributors working to finance energy products with a Pay-As-You-Go pricing model. Additionally, Angaza leverages usage and diagnostic data collected from every PAYG unit sold to lower after-sales support costs and present customer credit risk ratings. We partner with manufacturers who actively license Angaza's PAYG technology for products that range in size from 1/2-watt solar study lights to 150+ watt solar home systems, as well as electronic clean cookstoves and solar water pumps. Distributors use our software platform, the Energy Hub, to sell Angaza-powered products in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, India, and Pakistan. _______________________________________________ TIER mailing list Website: http://tier.cs.berkeley.edu TIER@tier.cs.berkeley.edu https://www.millennium.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tier
"Are Open Source Business Models Viable?" http://www.unicefstories.org/2015/08/24/open-source-business-model-breakfast... Someone recently brought this project to my attention because it was close to my master's research and when I contacted the project manager to offer access to my data, she asked if I would share this opportunity with people in my network. They're looking both for people to perform the research as well as for people running open source businesses to respond to the survey. "At UNICEF Innovation we are seeking to document a set of business models for open-source startups that would provide value back to both the makers and investors, while also creating global public goods in the process." I think it would be a great small research project for a few people people considering a career in research, maybe a combination of someone from Foster and some from CS. (I think it's too much for one person given the project deadline.) The application deadline is quite soon, however (8 September). Cheers, Ann
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Ann Barcomb
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Matt Podolsky