OLPC Australia

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OLPC Australia was launched in March 2008. They received a small batch of laptops to distribute as that independent Foundation could manage it across pilot projects in the region.

Key contacts

OLPC Australia Board

  • Rangan Srikhanta, Chief Executive Officer
  • Clinton Hoffmann, Acting Chairman
  • Prof. Barry Vercoe, Director
  • Charles Kane, Director
  • Philip Argy, Non-executive Director
  • Michael McLeod - Director

Team

  • Sridhar Dhanapalan, Technical Manager
  • Penelope Bowden, Marketing Manager
  • Kelly McJannett, Communications Manager
  • Crighton Nichols, Education and Research Manager
  • Elisha Barrett, Program Manager
  • Rita Sharma, Office Manager
  • Ning Gong, Finance and Logistics Co-ordinator
  • Alan James, Regional Manager - Northern Territory

See also

External links



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Number of Laptops Number of manufactured laptops::5000
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Deployment Status Deployment status::Started by Barry Vercoe and the separate non-profit ''OLPC Australia''; the current group is unaffiliated with Pia Waugh and her early trial deployments in Australia.