I love to dig into problems and solve them with modern technology. And when I can contribute my skills to solving problems that affect the most vulnerable people in the world it gives me the greatest satisfaction. Passion for technology and its meaningful application led me to the role of the Innovation Lead at UNICEF Thailand where I advise, ideate, design, prototype and scale solutions that have potential to transform and improve the lives of children and young people around the world.

Sometimes it’s a frontier technology (iris scans to deliver heath services to those without identification, drones capable of transporting vaccines to hard-to-reach places or a blockchain solution for distributed funding of education) and sometimes what works best is a proven solution that reliably delivers results at scale and low cost. Although I am obsessed with cutting edge technology I’m aware of hype trap “a solution looking for a problem”: in my work first I put emphasis on understanding the user needs, stakeholders involved and the broader context in which they live and function and then identifying, tailoring and optimizing the solution towards providing the biggest value added for the user and most cost-effective one.

Today, I managed to combine the two angles of tech- and social innovations to meet at my work at UNICEF where technology is a component of a broader solution. I feel great in interdisciplinary and international project environments where understanding the needs of users and stakeholders coming from different domains and experiences is a key factor for success.