USAID Center for Innovation and Impact: 2018 Global Health Impact Brief The Center for Innovation and Impact (CII), in USAID’s Bureau for Global Health, encourages business-minded approaches and accelerates impact against some of the world’s most important health issues. CII invests seed capital in the most promising ideas and applies rigorous, market-oriented approaches to cut
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The company pays users for taking photos, walking certain routes, or answering questions that help government fill knowledge gaps. Maury Blackman, the former CEO of Accela, has emerged as the new CEO of a rising analytics company that aspires to bring crowdsourced data and predictive capabilities to local government. Blackman took the helm of the
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By Alexander Davis Feb. 6, 2018 7:30 a.m. ET Premise Data Inc., a data-gathering specialist that relies on a global gig-economy workforce, has tapped as its new chief executive a former CEO of government-focused tech startup Accela. Maury Blackman will replace founder David Soloff, who is staying on as chairman of the board. Mr. Blackman,
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SAN FRANCISCO — Premise Data, a San Francisco-based crowdsourcing company with emerging applications for the development sector, announced its new chief executive officer on Tuesday, as it works to scale up its platform. Maury Blackman, who previously led the government technology group Accela, will take the reins from Premise co-founder and CEO David Soloff, who remains on
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