We are a diverse team of information specialists, technologists, designers, human rights advocates and environmental justice activists.

STEPHANIE HANKEY - CO-founder & executive director. Stephanie has been working to strengthen the use of technology by civil society in the global South since 1998, initially working with the Open Society Institute establishing their Technology Support for Civil Society Program, before co-founding Tactical Tech in 2003. Stephanie has a background in information design, was editor-in-chief of Pulp and worked as a creative director and producer for a number of London-based multimedia companies. She has a Masters in Information and Interaction Design from the Royal College of Art London, and a certificate in Campaigning and Lobbying from NCVO.

MAREK TUSZYNSKI - CO-FOUNDER & director of programmes & technology. Marek has been working to help advocates use technology since 1995. In the mid-nineties he co-founded the International Network of Contemporary Art Centres and worked with others to create a television programme about independent culture in Poland. He was director of the Stefan Batory Foundation’s Internet programme (Warsaw), sat on the board of Klon/Jawor (a research and infrastructure NGO) and The Second Hand Bank. Marek worked as a consultant to many funding agencies focusing on information and communication strategies for civil society in Central Asia.

PROGRAMMES

A. RAVI - PROGRAMME LEAD; SECURING ADVOCACY. With advanced degrees in Electrical Engineering and Robotics, A. Ravi's work focus has primarily been on information systems design, ICT strategy development and adult-learning methodology. This includes four object-oriented software years in the corporate consulting world, five early web-application years in the European telecom industry; and over 10 years in the NGO world as Technology Strategist for digitally inclined smaller NGOs, and ICT educator/trainer for individuals involved in rights advocacy.                                                                                   

HADI AL KHATIB - PROJECT COORDINATOR; SECURING ADVOCACY. Hadi has been working in the protection field with various international organisations in the Middle East since 2006, including Medicins Sans Frontieres and the Danish Refugee Council. His work has focused on maintaining strong relationships with community groups and coordinating resources to meet organisational and project needs. Before joining Tactical Tech, Hadi co-founded a locally based nongovernmental organisation, Volunteer for Jordan, promoting youth participation in and support for civil society. He holds a bachelors degree in economics from the University of Tishreen, Syria.

BOBBY SORIANO - PROJECT LEAD AND TECHNICAL EXPERT. Bobby has 15 years
of systems and network administration experience. He has worked with numerous NGOs implementing information and computer related projects. He is also an information and communications technology trainer. His recent work includes computer and online trainings for conferences and organisations in Asia, Africa and some countries in Europe. He is also involved in projects on the use of mobile technologies for advocacy.

TOM LONGLEY - PROGRAMME LEAD; Visualising Information for Advocacy. Tom's work has focussed on the documentation and analysis of large scale human rights violations and the effective use of technology to aid this. Before joining Tactical Tech, Tom was project manager at Human Rights Information and Documentation Systems (HURIDOCS), where he managed the development of the OpenEvSys rights violation database. He has extensive field work with NGOs in Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe, Cambodia and others on the investigation of human rights abuses and war crimes. He has also consulted for the University of Nottingham's Human Rights Law Centre and the Open Society Institute Information Programme.

MAYA INDIRA GANESH - PROJECT COORDINATOR; Visualising Information for advocacy. Maya works on projects about how sex worker communities can use digital media to document violations they face; and on supporting Arab women's NGOs to use visual advocacy tools in their campaigns. Maya has worked with women's rights NGOs and with organisations such as UNICEF in India, the Association for Progressive Communications, Point of View Mumbai, and other local and international agencies developing communications materials, and doing research. She also writes non-fiction, researched pieces about old and new media, gender, culture and sexuality. She has an MA in Psychology from Delhi University and a MA in Media and Cultural Studies from the University of Sussex.

BECKY FAITH - DEVELOPMENT OFFICER. Becky has been working in  

campaigning and media advocacy environments for 20 years, working on issues including women's rights in Africa and grassroots anti-racist activism in East London. She worked on the Message in-a-box and Mobiles in-a-box toolkits, and has helped develop human rights training materials for the United Nations. Becky is on the board of the Sussex Community Internet Project and was also on the selection committee for the Young Foundation's first Social Innovation Camp. She is a PhD student in the Department of Communication and Systems at the Open University.

OUTREACH; TECHNOLOGY, PRODUCTION AND COMMUNICATION

ALLAN STANLEY - HEAD OF PRODUCTION. Allan is an information designer and 

production guru. He was also a long-standing member of the Bangalore-based technology NGO, Mahiti. At Mahiti, he headed up the design function, specialising in information architecture and the usability of web-based and multimedia applications. Over the last 10 years he has managed numerous technology projects for NGOs, and conceptualised projects such as a series of digital pedagogic games and tools to teach soft skills and literacy to young adults in rural India. Allan was a lead organiser for AsiaSource and AfricaSource 2 and led the local production team for the World Information City exhibition (India).

LUCINDA LINEHAN - PRODUCTION MANAGER. Prior to joining Tactical Tech, Lucinda built a freelance career producing large scale events together with co-managing an international dance company. She has over 17 years experience in print, multimedia and event production, working with executive level clients from well known global brands. She holds a postgraduate degree in Education from London University and a BA Cantab in English and French.

KAUSTUBH SRIKANTH - HEAD OF TECHNOLOGY. Kaustubh is an Information 

Architect based in New Delhi, India. An active open-source software practitioner, he has over 10 years experience working with community-driven web content management and social platforms. He has a special interest in low cost, sustainable, open radio networks and founded Infinity Radio (later known as RadioVeRVe), India's first internet radio station promoting Indian independent music. At Tactical Tech, he geeks out on Drupal, his favorite open-source web development framework and is responsible for managing and maintaining Tactical Tech's online infrastructure.

DAVID TIMOTHY - PRODUCTION COORDINATOR. David has worked for over 10 

years with various NGOs in India, worked in the area of conflict resolution and has always been involved with the print media in every organisation he has worked with. He was part of the marketing, design and production team of the largest Children's book publishing house in India, that worked at reaching the printed media to the remotest parts of the country and inculcate in the Indian Children the habit and love of reading, before he came on to be part of TTC.                                                                  

LYNNE STUART - VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS. Lynne is a graphic designer and

illustrator working on print, web and animation for Tactical Tech's projects. She has considerable experience in design and editorial consultancy for various concerns ranging from international publishers to small poetry collectives. She has a masters in digital moving image from the London Metropolitan University and a collection of protégés from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology who know her better as their photography lecturer.                                                      

FAITH BOSWORTH - COMMUNICATIONS & Outreach COORDINATOR. Faith started working for Tactical Tech as a promotions intern in the Brighton office. She has since moved to Cape Town, South Africa where she coordinates communications and publicity, assists on projects and generally tries to make words work for Tactical Tech. She has a masters in Gender Studies from Sussex University and a BA Hons in English. She really appreciates the dynamism of Tactical Tech and is constantly fascinated by the innovation and determination of the rights advocates Tactical Tech works with.                         

OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

DIRK SLATER - director of operations. Dirk has worked with Tactical Tech since 2005. He has worked on nearly a dozen projects focusing on increasing the ability of advocates and activists in marginalised communities to use digital technologies, including advocates working on human rights in Russia, HIV/AIDS advocates in Central Asia, sex worker advocates in the Asia-Pacific and pro-democracy activists in South East Asia. Dirk has also contributed to several of Tactical Tech's toolkits and guides. Prior to this he was Senior Circuit Rider for the Low-Income Networking and Communications (LINC) Project, helping build the capacity of advocacy and activist groups across the United States.

poornima ramakrishna - operations manager, Bangalore. Poornima is an operations expert with over 10 years of experience in finance, administration, logistics, HR, project management, legal and company affairs within non-profit organisations. She was, for almost a decade, a valuable member of the core Mahiti team. She is now setting up and will be managing the e-commerce section of the Tactical Tech website. She has a Masters in Sociology and is presently working towards an MBA and a certification as Company Secretary.                                                     

JAN GRIFFITHS - FINANCIAL MANAGER. Jan's role is to keep the financial  

wheels of the organisation well-oiled. She brings a wealth of experience in finance and administration, having co-founded and managed a number of small, successful businesses in the corporate sector. She has a BA (Hons) in Business Administration and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Business Management.