Nick Hurlburt

Nick has 17 years of experience joining two parallel paths: software engineering and international development. Nick began his career developing early, large-scale artificial intelligence software at Amazon.com. He later managed software teams at Sift, a Silicon Valley machine learning company that protects companies like Airbnb and Twitter from online fraud. Nick spent six years in conflict relief in Burma and South Sudan, capturing human rights, migration and multi-sector program data using methods from hand-delivered paper to smartphones to satellite modems. He leads the technology development for the child helpline project, joining Tech Matters in mid-2019.