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Blaise Judja-Sato is the Founder and Chair of VillageReach. Blaise is passionate about providing economic opportunities and improving access to essential services for people throughout the world. In 2000, deeply affected by his participation in relief efforts for flood victims in Mozambique, Blaise founded VillageReach. Blaise worked as a senior consultant at Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting) advising companies and governments on strategic, organizational and information technologies issues. Shortly after graduating from the Wharton School, Blaise joined AT&T International where he developed and implemented telecommunications solutions to bring broadband services to Africa. Through this experience, he became keenly aware of how technology and entrepreneurship can empower people to transform their lives and communities. In 1996, Blaise joined a Craig McCaw and Bill Gates venture to develop satellite-based broadband communications services. Blaise and his colleagues challenged traditional satellite operators by enlisting broad international support and securing worldwide spectrum allocation and licenses. In addition to his leadership role at VillageReach, Blaise is active in a variety of charitable efforts to address global inequities. He serves as president of the Nelson Mandela Foundation USA, an organization that supports Mr. Mandela's work to combat AIDS, improve rural development, increase access to education, and promote reconciliation and peace-building. Blaise received an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, a Master's degree in telecommunications engineering from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications in Paris, and a Master's degree in applied mathematics from the Université des Sciences de Montpellier in France. He is fluent in French and English and conversant in Portuguese and several African languages. Blaise is a native of Cameroon where most of his family still lives. |
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