TOR113: SurveyCTO with Dr. Christopher Robert

Those of us in the innovation space in development and humanitarian aid often talk about making sure that what we do is market driven. Not only should following this path provide the best solution to those who are interested in using your product or service, it should also create a clear roadmap to sustainability. Because, after all, if you have created a solution with such value that the demand not only sustains your organization, but allows you to continue to refine, grow and take risks (or, in one word, thrive), you're doing something right.

This relentless pursuit of providing a product of consistent high value is the passion that drives my guest for the 113th episode of the Terms of Reference Podcast. Chris Robert is the founder of Dobility, which produces SurveyCTO, an electronic data collection platform used worldwide by leading researchers and evaluation professionals.

Chris has literally seen and done it all as a technologist, an entrepreneur, an economist, a researcher, and a lecturer. He's been a technology guru before anyone knew what the Internet was (or would become), a deep field researcher in India and Harvard professor.