Adam Tolnay
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Website: | http://rdvp.org/fellows/200... |
| Skills: | English, French, Korean, Languages |
| Location: | Persuasive Technology Lab, Stanford University |
| Groups: | E-Challenge Competition 2008, Social e-challenge Competition 2008, SSE Ventures |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Schools: | European School of Economics - London, Georgetown University, Harvard University |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Panango |
| Position: | Founder and Director |
| Time period: | March 2007 - Present |
| Description: | A non-profit corporation dedicated to creating educational opportunities to youth in Papua New Guinea: Website:www.panango.org |
| Employer: | Learning Enterprises |
| Position: | Founder and Director |
| Time period: | January 1992 - Present |
| Description: | A 501(c)3 non-profit corporation with 20 staff whose mission is to enhance the access of children in rural communities in developing countries to the wider world by providing English language and IT instruction. Learning Enterprises. In 2007 Learning Enterprises sent 120+ volunteers to teach over 6000 children in 14 countries Website: www.learningenterprises.org |
| Employer: | Digital Visions Program at Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA) |
| Position: | Motorola Fellow |
| Time period: | September 2006 - May 2007 |
| Description: | Motorola Fellow incubating mobile games to teach financial literacy: www.rdvp.org |
| Employer: | Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore |
| Position: | Visiting Scholar Analyzing IT Policymaking in Singapore |
| Time period: | August 2005 - September 2005 |
| Employer: | Institute for Internet and Trend Research (Budapest, Hungary) |
| Position: | Analysis of Policy Formulation and Execution of School IT Network |
| Time period: | September 2004 - November 2005 |
| Employer: | Project Retour (Budapest, Hungary) |
| Position: | Consultant on Reverse Brain Drain Policies for Hungary and Hungarian Diaspora |
| Time period: | September 2004 - May 2005 |
| Employer: | The Learning Foundation India |
| Position: | Founder and Director |
| Time period: | January 2004 - December 2006 |
| Description: | A non-profit foundation registered in India and the US. Modeled on Learning Enterprises, The Learning Foundation India developed innovative policy tools teach English and the Internet to rural children. Website: www.tlfi.org |
| Employer: | Georgetown University |
| Position: | Teaching Assistant |
| Time period: | January 2004 - December 2005 |
| Employer: | McKinsey and Company Inc. (Budapest, Hungary) |
| Position: | Associate Consultant |
| Time period: | September 1997 - November 1999 |
| Description: | Associate Consultant on Projects in Banking (Germany), Petrochemicals (Romania), Agribusiness (Belgium, Poland, Ukraine), Print Media (Hungary), Steel (France) |
| Employer: | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (London, UK) |
| Position: | Project Analyst |
| Time period: | June 1995 - August 1995 |
| Description: | Agribusiness Team on a Micro-Financing Project in Romania |
EDUCATION
| University: | Georgetown University |
| Time period: | 2002 - 2009 |
| Degree: | Government, PhD |
| University: | Harvard University |
| Time period: | 1994 - 1996 |
| Degree: | Regional Studies East Asia: Korea, MA |
| University: | European School of Economics - London |
| Time period: | 1993 - 1994 |
| Degree: | Politics of the Soviet Union, Russia and Eastern Europe, MSc |
| University: | Harvard University |
| Time period: | 1990 - 1993 |
| Degree: | Government, Knox Memorial Fellowship, BA |
PUBLICATIONS
| Articles: | Adam Tolnay, “The Cyber Island Initiative,” in S. Bunwaree et al.., Mauritius at the Crossroads of Development, OSSREA, 2004
Adam Tolnay, Review of Lee Congdon’s, Seeing Red: Hungarian Intellectuals in Exile and the Challenge of Communism, Journal of Cold War Studies, Fall 2003 Nicholas S. Vonortas and Adam Tolnay, “Toward the Knowledge Based Economy,” in Maryann S. Feldman and Albert N. Link, Innovation Policy in the Knowledge-Based Economy, Boston, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001 Adrian Karnatychky et al. Eds., Think Tanks in Central and Eastern Europe: A Directory, Freedom House, Washington DC 1999 Series of Articles on Skills Development in the Knowledge Based Economy appearing every Tuesday in LeMauricien November 2005-January 2006. Available for viewing on: www.lemauricien.com or on my blog: adam.learningenterprises.org “Public Private Partnerships in Establishing a Cyber Revolution” Presentation for the American Chamber of Commerce, Mauritius, August 5, 2004; Carried in Le Mauricien, August 7, 2004. Available for viewing on: www.lemauricien.com “Mauritius and the Internet Challenge: The Politics of Leapfrogging Development” Versions of this paper were presented at: University of Mauritius, June 20, 2004, Technological University of Budapest, November 3, 2004; Georgetown University, April 28, 2003 “Government and Development in the Cyber Age: What can Mauritius Learn from ICT Successes? Presented at the Center for Development of Advanced Computing, Quatre Bornes, Mauritius, August 18, 2003 “Ceausescu’s Journey to the East: A Review of the Romanian, North Korean and Chinese Press in Search of the Roots for Latter Day Romanian Communism in the 1971 trip to Northeast Asia” Versions of this paper were presented at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, London, November 8, 2003 and Harvard University, 9 February 2002 “The Knowledge Based Economy and European Science and Technology Policy” Presented at the Government Department, Georgetown University, October 21, 2001 |
Adam's Startups (1)
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Y-Fi (Youth Finance)
Y-Fi (Youth Finance) prepares the next generation of youth for financial responsibilities of daily life.
Adam is Following (3)
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Rabuor Sunflower Farm
Rabuor Sunflower Farm combats poverty in rural Kenya by creating a sustainable economic foundation based on the production, distribution and sale of affordable, nutritious cooking oil.
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SiMoney
SiMoney enables SMS text mobile phone money transfers that lower transaction costs for microfinance institutions and borrowers in the developing world.
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QashCow
Modernizing Transactions. Humanizing Interactions. --providing an easy, accessible and secure online-cash payment solution for the unbanked and cash-economy population.