Date: September 16th 2007

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"I'm the Director of Geekcorps". Now that was always a conversation stopper. No matter who I said it to, there would always be a laugh leading to an outright "wow!" when I followed it up with Geekcorps, like Peace Corps for the geeks"

But as of Friday, I can't say that anymore. I'm no longer Geekcorps Director. I've left my dream job after three years of developing cutting edge technology for the developing world.

Why? It was time. Time to "be the change".

And so tomorrow morning will be my first day at Mercy Corps, a large humanitarian relief and international development organization based in Portland, Oregon, but with offices worldwide, including Washington DC: http://www.mercycorps.org/

I will be the Director of MicroMentor, an online microenterprise mentoring program focused on helping small, start-up businesses in the USA grow through mentoring relationships with experienced business professionals.

My first task will be to bring the current MicroMentor website into the 21st Century with cutting-edge interactive technologies like social networking and user-generated content. Think of it as a cross between Linked In, Match.com, and focused on pairing thousands of emerging business owners with successful entrepreneurs from communities across the United States.

Over time I hope to broaden MicroMentor services to help entrepreneurs gain access to a wide array of resources and products that could help strengthen their businesses, but for tomorrow, I hope just to get my email working and meet my new colleagues.

So while I am sad to leave Geekcorps, and its amazing volunteers, I can't wait to take on this new, different, and hopefully richly rewarding challenge: Being the change.

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