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Village entrepreneurs use low power, low cost highest tech for better health, education, and livelihood All Together Now Lee Thorn Chair, Jhai [email protected]/+1 415 420 2870

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Village entrepreneurs use low power, low cost highest tech for better health, education, and

livelihood

All Together Now

Lee Thorn

Chair, Jhai

[email protected]/+1 415 420 2870

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We’re all in these economic and weather messes together

The poorest and the richest

Photo by Matthew Fang

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We can use business

rigor

And we all win

Photo by Matthew Fang

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The Dilemma in ICT4D**

Build New Capabilities

Be More Responsive

Customize

Be Open

Think Strategically

Impose ‘Best Practices’

Cut CostsBe More EfficientStandardizeBe SecureExecute FlawlesslyEncourage

Participation

* Information and Communication

Technology for Development

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Innovation

Cost containment

Photo by Matthew Fang

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pat your head

rub your belly

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“Working with each village in initial assessments, business planning, hardware and software choice, and pace of adoption of applications … and creating standardized processes and technology platforms … can seem like conflicting activities, but doing BOTH is key to maximizing value.”

Lee Thorn, ChairmanJhai Foundation

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Our business

. We provide at low cost …

training of trainersappropriate

equipment for village ICT4D

Advice that reduces costs and maximizes profit for implementer and village entrepreneurs needs.

2003 Laos ICT4D Implementation

Please click in box

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• High

Accountability• Local

Ownership• Low Overhead• Localized Style• Sustainable

Communitydetermines

needsand exact

solutions, builds on assets and capabilities

Tools to show community how to build it

Measurableoutcomes

Create 2-way dialog

& relationship

* Patent-Pending

Reconciliation

DevelopmentMethod*

Jhai reconciliation model

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Gear costs in initial ICT4D

Photo by Matti Mattila

35%

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Training costs in initial ICT4D

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50%

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85%

information is a key strategic asset

36%

well positioned to use information for growth

Source: “Unlocking the Value of the Information Economy,” a global survey of 1,375 executives conducted by Harvard Business Review Analytic Services and sponsored by Symantec

Room for Improvement

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85%

information is a key strategic assetJhai’s training is largely free, virtual, fast

36%

well positioned to use information for growth

Jhai does R&D, trains trainers, consults very fast

Room for Improvement

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Leverage

Core Jhai Systems & Technology

Market Edge

After Charlie Feld, Blind Spot

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Photo by Vali

focus on customersfocus on customers

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Network solution

The Constant is

Sustainability

Communication environment

Power options

Electrical grid status

People’s traditions

Key considerations in villages

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Low cost, low power hardware

ReMeDi solution: respiration, BP, pulse, EKG, lung capacity, temperature; 2 2-way A/V windows, smart patient records. 2W

Jhai PC/server: 3.2GHtz,4GigRAM, 300Gbts, <30W

Ncomputing clients in network for school and community use: 4w

Printer/Scanner

Jhai Village Server

WIFI or cable

Alternative or grid power depending on local conditions

Switch

nComputing Clients

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ReMeDi telemedicine gear

Measurements – 12-channel ECG, NiBP, Auscultation Sounds (Stethoscope), Temperature and Heart rate

Optional Pulse Oximeter and Spirometer probes available

Standalone PC software/ interface libraries for WinXP/ Win2K/ WinME/ Win98

Choice of serial or USB interface to the PC

Choice of semi-automatic or automatic BP measurement

Integrates with ReMeDi – SOFT, for a complete telemedicine and EMR solution

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Software

» Neurosynaptic’s ReMeDi diagnosis and treatment tools

» WindowsXP (Linux or Mac available for additional cost)

» Open Office» Jhai Networks™ communication suite – up to

4 A/V windows, up to 300 node conferences, any kind of file-sharing and mark-up all at low bandwidth! (free with JhaiPC)

» Coming: 3D and blood testing

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Award-winning training

Off-grid in Hmong/Lao school » Business planning

» Accounting

» Operations

» Technology use and maintenance

» Plus long-term, localized follow-up

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Business organization

» Local independent business allies of Jhai

Foundation

» Jhai Foundation provides R&D,

equipment, training trainers and

customization consulting

Jhai Associations

and other local

partners

Jhai Enterprises

Jhai Founda

tion

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Management

» Lee Thorn has over 30 years consulting experience, 12 years as co-founder and chair of board of Jhai. He is a former graduate business school teacher, O.D. trainer and combat veteran.

» Vorasone Dengkayaphichith, an engineer, has run operations for Jhai for 11 years, has two advanced degrees in IT, and has 20 years of ICT development experience in Laos and elsewhere.

» Joe Tan CPA has 30 years accounting experience and has worked with Jhai for 12 years as its accountant , financial advisor, and recently treasurer.

» .

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24/7

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24/7

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24/7

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24/7

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Exhibit c. Village Financial Model Exhibit c. Village Financial ModelExhibit c. Village Financial ModelExhibit c. Village Financial ModelExhibit c. Village Financial ModelJHAI -- Village Economic Analysis

ConstantsDemographicsNumber of Villagers 425Average Number of Pple per Household 6Per Capita Annual Income $140.00Number of Villages in Network 5

Charges, Costs and Usages for Services per village in five village networkLocal Call in Kips Assumptions: Cost (kips/minute) 150 cost per Lao TelAverage Length (minutes) 5 the local calls are about 5 minutes in length(since charge rate is much higher with longer calls)Average of number of calls per month 300 10 local calls per dayLong Distance CallCost (kips/minute) 200 cost per Lao TelAverage Length (minutes) 5 the long distance calls are about 5 minutes in lengthAverage of number of calls per month 60 2 calls per dayInternational CallCost (kips/minute) 770 Cost for internet call service plus Lao Tel plus Internet connection feeAverage Length (minutes) 5 international calls( to oversea relatives) are about 10 minutes in length Average of number of calls per month 10 every household makes an international call per monthInternet Cost (kips/minute) 370 Lao Tel plus Internet connection feeAverage use per month (hours) 5 10 minutes per day for emails/online information servicePrintingCost (per page) 1000 Ink and paperAverage use per month (pages) 30 every day print one page

CalculationsMonthly Revenue

Local Call Revenue $60.00Long distance Call Revenue $27.00International Call Revenue $13.85Internet Revenue $15.00Printing Revenue $12.00Monthly Total Revenue $127.85

CostNetwork Cost

Hardware cost Exchange Rate (kips/$)Village PC $420.00 Number of years to amortize cost of HardwareVillage PC Peripherals $530.00 including printer, bike, battery, antennaCentral server $300.00Central Server Peripherals $80.00 including antenna, cables, grounding stakes, lightning rodRelay PC $240.00Relay PC Peripherals $400.00 including 2 antennas, 2 batteries, cables, ground stakes, lightning rod

Monthly Recurring Cost per monthRelay PC Maintenance $2.50 $30/year/unit

Jhai business planning and accounting tool

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History

Jhai Foundation helped create well over 250 profitable businesses with a 90+% success rate over 12 years in rural Laos

Neurosynaptic, World Health Partners and Jhai have put sustainable telemedicine in about 200 villages in India

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International ‘best practices’ awards

Award-winning Technology Award-winning Technology

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Strategic Partners- past and present

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Photo by Jenny Downing

lighten up

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The government should adopt Web-based and free technologies over proprietary ones wherever possible to reduce government spending on long-term maintenance and consulting contracts. - Aneesh Chopra

Think e-gov, telemedicine, biz & agricultural services & more

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Cisco Virtual Sales Meeting, September

2009

19,000 participants

89 countries

24 times zones

88 hours

90% cost savings!… and offset 84,400 metric tons of carbon dioxide

Image from Cisco

Think collaboration, conferencing, distant learning, e-tools for commerce, microcredit and banking, vocational education, with translation

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Think cloud computing, virtual networking, conferences, peer-to-peer cross-cultural experiences among poorer village and slum children, businesses, schools, clinics and families

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TimePhase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3

Communicationsand Training

Economic tools

Health

Possible future in rural villages

Sustainable

Telemedicine

ICT Centers with

voice/video

communication

Surveillance on rural

public health data

Crop prices and

agriculture support

Remote education

Just-on-time

pandemic response

Outsourced business,

vocational education,

many others

Uses

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Convergence Enables Complete Solution

Jhai Development Stack

“Stack”

Advanced IT

Business Planning Tools

Jhai Reconciliation Methodology

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REAL SIMPLECOMMON PROCESSES

STANDARD INFORMATION

LEVERAGED PLATFORM OF CORE SYSTEMS

INNOVATION AT THE EDGE

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“It may seem counterintuitive, but the more standardized your systems and processes are, the more flexible you can be.”- Charlie Feld, Blind Spot

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Key disclosures

» Jhai has inquiries from 60 countries

» Indian probable market for telemedicine next year: 3000 villages

» Jhai has spent $2 million creating and testing hardware, software and development systems over last eight years.

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Today’s Tech Landscape

Q. Which option best describes your plans for each of the following applications in the next 12 months?

Source: CIO Technology Priorities Study February 2010

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Source: CIO Technology Priorities Study February 2010

Tomorrow?

Q. Which option best describes your plans for each of the following applications in the next 12 months?

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Jhai is cutting edge

Jhai helps villages

leap-frog

» Collaboration in the cloud

» Business processes integrated laterally

and vertically » Focus on service

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Photo by Wilka Hudson

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think radical

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Shall we do something radically

fun together?

Contact: [email protected]

What to do?

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• You invest in the growth of our sustainable business

• We help you deploy a big rural poverty-reduction system using ICT, starting

with telemedicine

• You tell us how we can meet your needs

• Contact Lee [email protected] /+1 415 420 2870

What to do?

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Lee ThornChair, Jhai

+1 415 420 [email protected]

Special thanks to Abbie Lundberg for format ideas and initial source research on larger companies . Jhai takes full

responsibility for accuracy of information. This slideshow can be shared with no restrictions. We support and adhere to

Creative Commons standards.

Most of the photos in this presentation are from flickr, offered for use under a Creative Commons licensePhoto by Matthew Fang