Rajiv Hieralal

Rajiv Hieralal is the founder and CEO of the ISO9001 certified software development company Apptastic N.V. His most recent endeavor has been the conceptualization and development of Silicon Dorp, an innovation ecosystem for Suriname. Rajiv has a background in Information Technology and is currently doing a Master’s Program in Data Science Management, while simultaneously finishing his Master's course in Artificial Intelligence. He is a graduate of President Obama's Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) and 2018 JCI Vice President. Rajiv was an executive board member of the ICT Association of Suriname, and is passionate about entrepreneurship and utilizing technology for good in combination with the United Nations SDGs. He recently became certified as SDG trainer by UN Suriname.