Founders

Hasan Giire

Hasan is born and bred in Somaliland. Since 1988 he works and lives in the Netherlands. He is experienced in programming and testing. During the last decade he worked in the IT. At this moment he works for a subsidiary company of ABN AMRO. 

Hasan is chairman at the Awdal Development Organization (ADO, http://www.awdaldev.org). This NGO is busy at rural areas of Somaliland. They provide the locals in basic services (clear drinking water, education and healthcare). 

Gerwin Jonker

Gerwin is a native Hollander. He fullfilled multiple roles in IT-projects. Especially with regard to quality control and assurance. He is experienced in test project leading and coordination, test process optimization, functional and performance test automation and test execution. At close quarters he witnessed off shoring projects to India and South Africa. Currently he is working for a subsidiary company of ABN AMRO.

Within his local church he was deacon for 8 years. The last years he had the role of vice chairman. Thereby he visited people with financial, social and emotional troubles. It is very satisfying to help people with problems. Sharing your time, money and energy.