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#### Paul Lam

[Software Engineer at Motiva](/content/motiva/index.html)

Paul is a combination of software engineer and entrepreneur specializing in scaling social enterprise operations. One of his current projects is leading a team of Mozambiquan software developers for an agriculture school in Mozambique to help the locals build independent smallholder farming businesses. Previously, Paul was a lead engineer at a Y Combinator startup in San Francisco, a co-founder and CTO of Spokepoint in Boston, and a data scientist at uSwitch UK in London. He holds a M.A.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering from University of Toronto and a B.A.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from University of Waterloo.