Jessica Long

Jessica Long is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in technology and health systems. As Co-Founder and President of Maad since January 2020, Jessica is modernizing informal retail in Francophone West Africa by supplying food, beverages, and household products to small shops. Prior to Maad, Jessica served as Director of Global Services at Dimagi, where leadership included overseeing project delivery and implementing national-scale digital health platforms for health systems in several West African countries. Jessica's career also includes roles at Idibon as a Senior AI Engineer, contributing to natural language processing and AI applications, as well as key positions at Airbnb, Village Health Works, and various internships with leading organizations such as Microsoft and Stanford University. Jessica holds an MS in Computer Science and a BS in Symbolic Systems from Stanford University.