Surya directs a global roster of information management projects. He has a degree in public interest law, is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and is a World Bank Group Senior ICT Advisor to IDA grantees.

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Surya has worked as an Associate at McKinsey & Co., as Internet Architect at a financial services firm, and as CTO of a managed security software startup, as part of the founding team that took it to acquisition in two years. After graduating from the dot com world, for three years he worked as an international eRider, consulting for nonprofits, NGOs and the U.S. Government, leading operational strategy, implementation and training. He was responsible for designing and deploying grassroots technology capacity, focused on appropriating and localizing technology in low resource settings. One example is a store-and-forward wireless mesh network that employed a mule (later upgraded to a Vespa), solar power and inexpensive wireless laptops to enable email communications, remote diagnostics and medical billing at a community health center in rural Costa Rica.

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Surya has spoken at the Global Health Conference, the South Asian Bar Association of NY, the Nonprofit Technology Conference, InsideNGO and the Technology Affinity Group, on topics including civil legal remedies using technology, governance models for cloud-based knowledge, designing global health systems that track concrete health outcomes and using cheap technology in rural schools to enhance learning.

Education: Surya studied Mathematics at Whitman College for a B.A. and public interest law at New York University for a J.D. He holds MCSD, MCSE, CISSP & PMD-Pro certifications.