Laura Hudson (FrontlineSMS)

Following a Masters in Development Law and Human Rights at Warwick, I spent three years working on humanitarian policy and learning at the Red Cross. During this time, my Masters dissertation was published in a peer-reviewed journal, and I have maintained my interest in and engagement with academia. Since March 2010 I have worked for FrontlineSMS, a social enterprise based in London and Washington, DC providing free, open-source software enabling community-based organisations all over the world to easily use SMS, or text messaging, to interact with the people they’re working with and for.

My focus at FrontlineSMS has been to start the shift from a start-up to a legally registered social enterprise with a costed, fully-funded two-year strategic plan and salaried staff; clear governance structures and robust oversight of finances and activities. I have been able to draw on strategic planning experience gained at British Red Cross and elsewhere, a legal background, and project management skills to move these agendas forward substantially in a little over six months

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