José Arocha

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Name

José Arocha

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José Arocha is a social, hi-tech entrepreneur from Venezuela and a research fellow of the Reuters Digital Vision program at Stanford University. Raised in a family of entrepreneurs and leaders devoted to public service, José has a deep interest in the use of technology and media to accelerate social and economic progress in Latin America. During the last two years at Stanford University, José has been researching and conceptualizing TAVOS and working on open-source, social media projects to promote health, prosperity and dignity for youth and underserved communities in Latin America and around the world. Between 1996 and 2003, José worked as an international consultant in semantic search, knowledge mining, technological intelligence, e-learning and knowledge-based technology innovation and creativity for leading corporations in Japan, USA and Latin America. José was a Google research fellow at Stanford University in 2004-05 and holds advanced engineering degrees from M.I.T. and Universidad Simon Bolivar, Venezuela.

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Special Interests

Microfranchising, media, communities, microentrepreneurs, collaboration, social business, Latin America and hispanics

Country of Residence

USA

Country of Origin

Venezuela

Project Info

Project Title

TAVOS Media Network

Project Summary

360 million citizens in Latin America today live but do not exist. They have no voice and are socially excluded from any opportunity to prosper and live with dignity.

My social venture, TAVOS Media Network, will build a global network of local media and technology-based service microfranchisees so they can give voice and promote the life and prosperity of their own communities. Our network of local media microfranchisees will:

* Facilitate and promote trust, dialogue and collaboration in their communities;
* Make visible the opportunities for the local labor, commerce and services; and
* Help their communities exercise their citizen rights and increase their self-determination and governability.

We are boostrapping by providing consulting and partnering with nonprofits, communities and corporations to build the learnings, assets and networks necessary to materialize our vision. If you want to talk and/or work with us, or would like to partner and invest in us, please contact us by emailing me at jose.arocha [at] tavos [dot] org

Project URL

http://www.tavos.org

Main Impact Region

Latin America

Additional Impact Region

- USA