Edward G. Happ is the Global CIO of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, based in Geneva, Switzerland, and Chairman of NetHope, a U.S. based consortium of 31 leading international relief, development and conservation nonprofits focused on information technology and collaboration.

He is the former CIO at Save the Children, in Westport, CT, where he worked for the past decade. During his first year at SC, in March 2001, he presented a paper to Cisco on “Wiring the Virtual Village,” which became the basis for NetHope.

Before joining Save the Children, he was a senior partner and founder of HP Management Decisions Ltd., a management consultancy, and has held a variety of corporate management positions, to the Senior Vice President and General Manager level, with Wall Street data providers, service and software product companies.

His thirty years of professional experience include all facets of managing information services and high technology businesses.

In 2007, the editors of eWEEK, CIO Insight and Baseline selected Mr. Happ as one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in IT and one of the Top 100 CIOs.

In 2008, the Center for Digital Strategies at the Tuck Business School at Dartmouth appointed Mr. Happ as Executive Fellow and first CIO in residence.

In 2010, the Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN) honored Mr. Happ with a Lifetime Achievement Award for technology leadership in the nonprofit community.

He is the author of numerous articles and presentations, and a recognized thought leader in the NGO sector.

He began his career as an Assistant VP, Equity Research at the First Boston Corporation. Mr. Happ is a graduate of Drew University where he also did graduate work. He is also the founder and co-editor of The Fairfield Review (http://www.fairfieldreview.org), Connecticut’s first on-line literary magazine. Further information on Mr. Happ may be found on his web page at: http://www.fairfieldreview.org/hpmd/EGHprofile.nsf/