Julia Kurnia
Founder And Director at Zidisha Inc.
Sterling, Virginia, United States
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Top SchoolJulia Kurnia is a mission-driven founder and director with 11 years of experience building affordable, scalable financial solutions that bridge geographic and cultural divides. As founder of Zidisha, she pioneered a person-to-person, eBay-style microloan platform that eliminated local branches and cut microloan costs dramatically, facilitating over $1.9M in loans to 6,000+ entrepreneurs across Africa and Asia. Her background includes portfolio oversight of $10M in U.S. government grants for West African small businesses and early involvement in internet crowd-funded microfinance through The SEM Fund. Trained in international economics (George Washington University) and political science (Wake Forest), she blends rigorous policy and financial analysis with hands-on product innovation. Based in Sterling, Virginia, she combines nonprofit impact experience with practical platform design, uniquely positioning her to scale high-impact financial technology in underserved markets.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master's degree International Economics, Master's degree International Economics at The George Washington UniversityBachelor's degree Political Science, Bachelor's degree Political Science at Wake Forest UniversityGithub contributions (2)
charlsontsang/zidisha2
Jul 2014 - Sep 2014
Contributions:724 commits in 2 months
jkurnia/silat
Feb 2018 - Feb 2018
Contributions:1 branch in 1 day
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