DAI’s Center for Digital Acceleration builds on DAI’s decades of experience to design and deploy innovative, user-centered digital tools that drive change across emerging markets.
New digital tools and approaches are entering the market every day. CDA helps clients keep their teams up to date on the latest developments by tailoring our digital training workshops to client objectives. These workshops include guiding local innovators through a co-creation activity or leading partners in a design-thinking exercise. Our trainings are designed to meet client goals, be engaging, and to teach participants how to generate results from digital.
As the head of DAI’s Center for Digital Acceleration, Krista Baptista is responsible for leading the team, advancing the Center’s strategy, and delivering on project commitments to high-quality digital work.
With a consistent focus on the integration of user-centered design in digital development, Talia conducts digital strategic analyses, manages digital projects, and supports the Center for Digital Acceleration in its innovation work, for example by managing the implementation of digital prizes and challenges.
Greg Maly has spent his career working at the intersection of global development and diplomacy, technology, and the arts.
Chloe Messenger is a Senior Consultant within DAI’s dedicated Center for Digital Acceleration, working across business units and donors to help integrate new technologies into development work.
Trevor’s eclectic professional background encompasses technology, electro-mechanical engineering, software development, data analytics, and musical performance.
Kristen Roggemann has extensive field experience in the Middle East and Africa working on mobile-for-development initiatives in both public and private sector contexts.
Alejandro Solis brings extensive experience working on development projects across Central America and the Caribbean.
Anand Varghese helps DAI’s projects integrate ICT into their activities and build partnerships with local technology companies.
Digital Frontiers supports the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Center for Digital Development in identifying the most successful digital solutions and scaling their impact globally.
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