Amir Alexander Hasson, CEO

Amir has a background in entrepreneurship, IT management, and business development internationally. He received his Bachelor's from Wesleyan University and then worked for start-ups in New York City during the .com boom. He received his Master's degree from the MIT Sloan School of Management in June 2002 and then served as the Business Development Manager for MIT Media Lab Asia. Amir spun-out First Mile Solutions (FMS) from MIT in 2003 and has spent the past five years developing, deploying, and marketing WiFi-based networks and services in developing countries such as India, Cambodia, Rwanda, Paraguay, and Costa Rica. He is currently the CEO of United Villages, which acquired FMS in 2005. Amir was a member of the United Nations Information Communication Technology Task Force for "Affordable Access & Connectivity" and has served as a consultant to the World Summit on the Information Society for "Equitable Access".