Mr. Glenn Strachan is presently working for TechSoup Global where he is a Director for Special Initiatives which includes Research and Development activities. Before TechSoup Global, Mr. Strachan directed a nation-wide broadband wireless project in the Republic of Montenegro as well as providing Muniwireless consulting services. Prior to this Mr. Strachan served as Managing Director overseeing the Macedonia Connects Project (www.mkconnects.org)which provided nationwide broadband wireless connectivity using 460 primary and secondary schools as well as select universities and NGOs as the anchor tenant. This work has been highlighted in such publications as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Christian Science Monitor and the BBC show "Click Online." Prior to this project, Mr. Strachan worked on wireless connectivity solutions in Romania and Uganda. The work in Romania demonstrated various connectivity solutions which could provide Internet connectivity to the most remote and impoverished regions in eastern Romania. The work in Uganda established the first wireless networking solution in the country to provide Internet connectivity to nine primary teacher colleges. For 10 of his 13 years of service at the Academy for Educational Development (AED) Mr. Strachan served as Chief Information Officer and Vice President. Prior to AED, Mr. Strachan worked for Realcom/WorldCom where he designed local, municipal and wide area networks in the United States. Mr. Strachan brings with him 30 years of computer and networking expertise. Mr. Strachan holds a Masters degree from Humboldt State University and Bachelor degrees from San Jose State University.
