Introduce yourself here!

Hi Everyone,

I am based in San Francisco, but currently have projects in Liberia, Somalia, Afghanistan, Nigeria, and DR Congo.

I use ODK for face-to-face surveys in the field (in combination with Maps.Me so that I can send enumerators to specific locations using KML files and the GPS on their smartphones). I also use ODK for phone surveys that I conduct for UNHCR and World Bank to monitor the welfare of returned refugees and IDPs in Afghanistan.

At the moment, I am starting a small pay-as-you-go community solar company in Liberia. I plan to build all of the business ops on top of ODK -- everything to manage the sales process, accounting, and customer information. I'm running into a few roadblocks... but I think ODK will give me more control over the data than using a CRM or some other platform.

I started using ODK for a survey in Mogadishu in 2011 while I was finishing my PhD at Stanford. The past few years I've been using ODK through Ona.io, but I am excited to transition back to ODK Aggregate.

You can find me on Twitter: @nlidow

Outside of data collection I enjoy big wave surfing.

Best,
Nicholai

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