When Louis worked with Engineers Without Borders Canada in Ghana, he wondered how aid organizations and emerging market governments can use tech to meet the needs of people who aren’t being reached? The answer was in co-founding Viamo in 2013, using the ubiquitousness of mobile phones to create new feedback loops at scale, and empower millions of people with new access to vital information. As COO, Louis leads the company’s implementation, product, marketing, and business development teams. He has since helped grow the company to 33 countries and reached over 30 million people with hundreds of diverse services.

Louis began at Engineers Without Borders Canada where he was part of their first overseas-based staff and grew their international programs to more than 200 Africa-based employees and volunteers. He worked for a silicon-valley pre-IPO software company as their Director of Specific Projects reporting to the CEO. There, he led the corporate development team, the growth of the corporate foundation and became the founding director of their R&D labs division.

Louis has an MBA from the University of Oxford as a Skoll Scholar.

Sally leads Viamo’s programs in West & Central Africa, the Caribbean, and South Asia as the Chief Program Officer overseeing representation, operations, and program expansion. She has served on Viamo’s board of directors since 2017. She also serves as the Executive Director of Human Resources and is responsible for designing and leading activities across our offices.

Sally leads Country Managers in managing relationships with mobile network operators, designing and developing projects with partners, and growing the use of mobile tools for isolated populations.

A respected leader and experienced development professional, Sally brings a wealth of knowledge to her role. Prior to co-founding Viamo, she served at Marie Stopes International where she was instrumental in setting up country programs all over the world, including the surplus-producing Mexico City program and MSI Burkina Faso, delivering effectiveness on national health indicators within the start-up phase. She also oversaw MSI’s well-established program in Malawi, which serves 1 million clients annually with 500 employees. She later advanced to the position of Deputy Regional Director, providing strategic support to MSI programs in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Vietnam, protecting 8 million couples from unwanted pregnancies each year.

Sally holds a bachelor’s in European studies and modern languages from the University of Manchester in the UK.

Lax leads Viamo’s finance and accounting department. As a senior global financial leader, Lax has extensive global finance operating and financial expertise including strategy development, financial valuation, corporate finance, forecasting and budgeting.

Lax has held executive positions in Fortune 100 companies including Amazon, AWS, and Xerox where he established start-up business operations and provided financial and strategic oversight. He has worked in the business process outsourcing (BPO), IT, government, healthcare, and biotechnology industries for more than 20 years. He has consistently been recognized for his ability to drive growth, improve business operations, and build value.

Lax holds an MBA from the American University in Washington, D.C, a master’s in business management from Greenwich College, University of London, and a bachelor’s of commerce from Sydenham College, University of Bombay, Mumbai.