Channe Suy Lan: 'In terms of a pandemic, technology plays a very important role' #SkollWF2017

Channe joined InSTEDD iLab Southeast Asia (iLab SEA) as a Product Manager in August 2008. She collaborates with government agencies, international humanitarian organizations and telecommunication companies in South East Asia. She leads a small, mighty team of software engineers working on innovative technology solutions for partners in the region.

Channe has almost 10 years of experience in system design and development using human-centred design approach.

Channe is also a co-founder of ShareVisionTeam – a grassroots volunteer team of Cambodian developers, a co-founder of Snadai – a fair trade social start-up and a founder of a Khmer-language website Evithy dedicated to science & technology.

She graduated with a Masters Degree in Computer Applications from Bangalore University in India in 2006. In addition, Channe was invited to speak at at TEDxPhnomPenh, and gave a presentation titled, “Building the Future Cambodia Starts with Sharing.”

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