About Us

Robert Anderson Founded Telecom4Good in September 2015 at the request of Catholic Relief Services, Habitat for Humanity, Save the Children, Innovations for Poverty Action, and Management Sciences for Health to work with African ISPs to help improve the quality of the Internet at affordable prices.

Robert has worked for many of the leading international communications companies, including Hutchinson Global Communications, Telstra International, SingTel, MCI WorldCom, Telecom Italia, Virtela and Advantage Communications Group.

Since 2001, Robert has developed long-lasting relationships with the leadership of Internet Service Providers around the world. These relationships have allowed Robert to negotiate significant savings for NGOs in Africa, Asia, Latin and South America.

Robert is focused on the needs of others to make a difference in the world. He continually develops new programs and services with Telecom4Good to help nonprofits and NGOs save money, improve staff performance, and mitigate financial risk for hundreds of organizational leadership teams.

Robert is an animal lover with two senior blind and deaf Cocker Spaniels along with two Golden Doodle puppies.

When Robert is not traveling to Africa and Asia to support NGO clients, he is an avid skier and loves to build woodworking projects at home.

Andrea Davis came to Telecom4Good in mid-2018, assisting Telecom4Good with various legal projects. Moved by Telecom4Good’s mission and thrilled about working with a team of people located all over the world, Andrea has since moved into a full-time risk management and finance position with Telecom4Good.

Andrea graduated from Concordia University Mequon with a B.S. in Business in 2011 and went on to get her J.D. from Marquette University Law School in 2014.

Through her work in her businesses and her work with Telecom4Good, Andrea realized her passion for providing valuable programs and services to people at an affordable cost. She enjoys being a part of the Telecom4Good team and working with its many nonprofit and NGO clients.

Andrea has owned a few small businesses of her own including a law firm catering to small business owners and a franchise providing STEM + the arts (S.T.E.A.M.) education to children.

Andrea lives in Wisconsin with her husband, child, and dog. She enjoys spending her free time with her family watching movies and doing family activities. She also helps at her parents’ Christmas tree farm and greenhouses. She enjoys moments of solitude for reading and knitting.

Shirlyne Kavai joined Telecom4Good in March 2018 as a Project Associate. Based in Nairobi, Kenya, she took the lead in Managing our NGO client help desk. She was an early believer in the power of technology that impacts the lives of local and rural communities.

Shirlyne is a self-motivated professional with a strong passion for data. She is also dedicated to transforming business needs into technical needs and providing valuable insights to stakeholders.

Shirlyne has handled thousands of tickets from our NGO clients. Our NGO clients have praised her for addressing the issues and never giving them an “I Don’t Know” answer to any technology-related challenge.

Besides listening to or playing music, she loves reading and traveling to new places.

Juma Wemali came to Telecom4Good in at the end of 2018, assisting Telecom4Good as a Sr. Full-stack Technical Engineer in Nairobi, Kenya supporting our global NGOs IT challenges. Juma leads our NGO IT Help Desk to solve the IT challenges that impact our clients every day.

Juma is a Visionary and creative thinker with strengths in using existing and emerging technologies when planning and designing IT and Networking solutions.

Juma holds specializations certificates with Cisco for CCNA, CMNA and Cisco verified level 200. He has done extensive training with Cisco Meraki and this has enabled him to deploy Meraki equipment both in-person and remotely. Juma is our lead technology trainer for technical and non-technical staff on utilizing/managing the Meraki dashboards and networks.

Juma is also CompTIA A+ certified and understands the cutting-edge fundamentals of computer hardware and software. He can troubleshoot a wide range of devices remotely and in person.

During his free time, he loves listening to music along with his passion for chicken which he enjoys eating every day.

Menelik Andika came to Telecom4Good in early 2020, assisting Telecom4Good as a Carrier Services Associate managing our ISP relationships throughout Africa.

Menelik leads our Internet Co-op program and our Proactive Meraki Support and ISP Management program in Nairobi, Kenya to solve day-to-day challenges with our NGO client’s networks and ISPs globally. His extensive ISP executive relationships help us solve internet-related issues with their leadership, not their support teams.

Menelik has a growing background in IT networks and solving issues for our NGO clients.

Menelik is a strong believer in the power of positive thinking and finds happiness in helping others.

Menelik holds a Cisco CCNA Certification in addition to Cisco CCS-SIMI and CSAA certification and specialized in Cisco Meraki engineering.

In Menelik’s free time, he loves traveling, photography, participating in charity events, and supporting initiatives that help the less fortunate in children’s homes.

Gaston Impano came to Telecom4Good at the end of 2020, assisting Telecom4Good as a Sr. Technical Full-Stack Engineer in Kigali, Rwanda, supporting high-end technical needs.

Gaston grew up in the Telecom industry and has a deep connection to technology. He feels that technology and communication is a basic human right that should be affordable to all.

Gaston is our specialized technical advisor and engineer that supports our NGOs with a large variety of equipment, applications and cloud-based solutions including Cisco, Sophos Cyberoam, Microsoft, Raduin Olvario, Dell, HP, Kaspersky, Intel, IBM, AWS, Azure, and AOS.

Gaston is Cisco CCNP Certificated and has had extensive education in IT for more than 12 years.

Gaston was responsible for complete product design and deployment and support of over 1200+ VPN and internet broadband clients.

In Gaston’s free time he enjoys adventure traveling, supporting NGOs in their mission work, spending time with his family, and continued education. Gaston feels that the mind never sleeps, and his education never stops.

Juan Arango came to Telecom4Good in mid 2019 as a software engineer to automate our business process flow in Cartagena, Columbia.

Juan is a Sr. software developer that understands web application creation and technology, with extensive knowledge in BPM and ProcessMaker, with a lot of experience as a Backend developer with PHP, JavaScript, vue.js, SQL, MySQL, Python, and Django.

In Juan’s spare time he likes mountain biking, enduro, and downhill, technology, and video games, and also enjoys traveling around the country.

Kevin MacRitchie has been a board member and volunteer COO with Telecom4Good since its inception. He has over thirty years of experience working in Healthcare and the IT Industry.

Kevin’s strengths are in business turnaround and business structuring for rapid profitable growth. Kevin has served as the Senior Vice President – Chief Operations Officer & Chief Engineering Officer for CCI Systems, Inc. where he led the turn-around and expansion of CCI System’s market into a Tier 1 & 2 Service Provider space.

Kevin retired from his VP role at Cisco where he served 24 years in numerous leadership positions. Those positions included Principal Liaison to the Humanitarian Sector and Cisco’s Humanitarian initiative through NetHope; Vice President and CTO Global Defense, Space and Security; and Vice President of Cisco’s World-Wide Channels Organization. During Kevin’s time at Cisco he led teams into eight new markets each growing to over $1B in annual sales, co-created Cisco TACOPS focused on the tactical response to communications needs during disasters around the globe and was deployed regularly around the globe, led the anti-counterfeit and anti-black/gray market efforts for Cisco, and spearheaded the creation and management of the Cisco Global Governmental Business Development Team which helped Public Sector Theater Teams expand markets and supported Defense Sales initiatives globally.

Kevin holds a Bachelor Degree in Information Systems and Operations Management from the University of Toledo. In his free time, Kevin continues to serve as an active-duty Mounted Law Enforcement Officer, Horse and Buffalo Rancher, and enjoys spending time with his family riding horses all over the country.