About

Simon Reckla, Co-founder & VP

Simon is a native of Italy, fluent in Italian, German, English and Russian, alternating frequently between multiple languages and cultures for work. He holds dual Masters... Degrees in Politics and International Relations and International Economic Relations in Eurasia. Simon’s work experience ranges from the private sector, through journalism to working for the Italian Senate and the European Parliament. He is passionate about fostering sustainable development practices at the highest level of international standards. To achieve this, Simon believes programs should be rooted in rich ethical business practices and sustainable policies that focus on the direct needs of beneficiaries as a priority and guiding principle.

Nicole Bernier

Nicole Bernier is the Head of Media & PR. She holds a Masters in European Governance; her MA thesis was focused on the international cooperation and structural differences... of the EU-US in combating human trafficking. Nicole has experience in office management, NGO operations, and community organizing. When asked about working for Action Connected, she said, "My hope is that our platform creates a demand for all community development programs to be more inclusive, transparent, and sustainable."

Cyrille Sekretev

By joining Action Connected’s Advisory Board, Cyrille wants to contribute to the building of strong links in sustainable development through social networks. He is fascinated by... Action Connected’s promotion and support of targeted development actions, with meaningful projects, contributing to the improvement of living conditions through sustainable means. Cyrille is currently working as Global Talent Acquisition at Louis Vuitton (based in Paris). Prior to joining Louis Vuitton, Cyrille worked for Rio Tinto Alcan in Human Resources, and has nine years of experience with L’Oréal in the industrial and business environment looking after both their luxury and consumer brand teams. During the last three years in this position, Cyrille served as HR Director for the Consumer Products Division.

Charles Duclaux

Roselie Vasquez-Yetter

Forma Pro

Forma-Pro has specialized in the development of large-scale web applications since 2006 and has gathered a team of professionals sharing a common vision. They believe... that the trade off about code quality can not only make development work boring, but also bring many troubles to business. Therefore, they have a zero-tolerance for architectural debts or "do it somehow" approaches. At Action Connected Forma Pro’s team is given full technical freedom and does its best to convert their technical expertise into a quality product.
www.forma-pro.com

KNP Labs

KNP Labs is a French company that creates websites with the Symfony framework, mainly for international startups like Action Connected. Their teams consists of... experienced developers loving agile methodologies which require high level development, transparency, trust and best communication workflow between the team and the customer. All of the above benefit from continuous delivery. KNP Labs’ work with Action Connected has been a great occasion to test and improve their communication workflow with teams all over the world, and the fact that it’s all for a great cause added to everyone’s motivation to do their best!
www.knplabs.com

VidroMedia

VidroMedia is a purpose-driven, creative & strategic agency that helps companies clarify their brand, business and user objectives in order to develop authentic, online... branding and digital experiences. In business for over a decade, they are actively involved in the L.A. tech, entrepreneurial, and conscious business communities and are passionate about working with progressive brands focused on making a positive impact in the world. As active members of the Conscious Capitalism movement in Los Angeles, VidroMedia also empowers the community by sponsoring workshops and education to purpose-driven companies and entrepreneurs. VidroMedia’s work with Action Connected fits all the criteria for the types of projects and clients that they are passionate about working with: The founders have formed an aligned team based on conscious business principles, they have the experience and connections to help facilitate important partnerships to push their initiatives forward, and most importantly, they have a genuine and clear vision of how their platform can actually effect positive change. "We couldn’t be more proud to be a part of this change-making venture!"
www.vidromedia.com

World Merit

World Merit is a registered charity with a global community of changemakers, committed and taking positive actions to tackle the United Nations Sustainable... Development Goals (SDGs). They reward talent with opportunities, building partnerships to mobilize the community and earn internships, jobs and event and conference tickets, just like Action Connected has been offering a fully funded place on Merit360. Merit360 is World Merit's main opportunity which brings together 360 youth from around to the world to tackle the SDGs in the USA in 2016 and other continents in the years to come. World Merit works with Action Connected, because both organizations believe in the power of responsible and sustainable projects and in the power of collaboration. Action Connected works hard to bring different interest groups together to make a lasting and impactful nonprofit project succeed.
www.worldmerit.org

Land of African Business

Land of African Business - LAB is a place of dialogue and network gathering decision makers and entrepreneurs committed to an inclusive and sustainable development... in Africa. Aiming to build another perspective of the “Africas”, LAB puts business and innovation at the core of the debate. It also focuses on promising African start-ups. With its partners, LAB is building an ecosystem to help those start-ups to enhance their business, find durable partners and investors. It organizes a competition - the African Rethink Awards (ARA) - to select and to reward young entrepreneurs sharing a common vision: being major actors of the Continent’s growth by focusing on societal, economic and environmental projects. The competition is open to all African young entrepreneurs.
After a successful first edition during COP21, LAB has been hosting yearly meetings. The ARA provides start-ups with the opportunity to pitch their business model in front of CEOs, investors, NGO, experts, media, etc and to win great prices.
www.lelab.info