United States Social Forum

Ana Willem is the consummate professional. She has a deep knowledge of her field, is a tireless worker, loves to solve problems, and is great at customer service. Ana knows how to break down the most complex technical problem in a way that a novice can understand. The training manual she created for our organizations was phenomenal and allowed staff and volunteers to participate in updating our website in order to keep information current.

I highly recommend Ana to anyone who wants to hire the best web technician available with the added ability to talk to non-techies in everyday language they can understand.

Alice Lovelace
Lead Staff Organizer
United States Social Forum
www.ussf2007.org

Bioneers

Working with Ana was a great pleasure: her intelligence, rapid learning and appreciation of complex challenges coupled with her flexibility and creativity in approaching problem-solving were all a particular boon.

She approaches work with a can-do attitude, and is knowledgeable about options and focused in her implementation. She consistently gave her best to her work with us, and was a delight to work with along the way.

Nina Simons
President and Co-Founder
Bioneers
nina@bioneers.org

Institute for American Indian Arts

Ana managed a $250,000 project from start to finish. She managed and completed all aspects of the project, and was the main contact between the Institute and the software developers. Without Ana's knowledge of database structure we would not have completed this very large project on time. Ana was the key person that made this a successful project. In the year that Ana worked at the Institute I was completely satisfied with her work. She is a very diligent worker, a conscientious worker, and a very organized person. If it were not for these qualities we would not have had the success that we did.

Anthony J. Coca
Information Systems Director
Institute of American Indian Arts

Altanta Taskforce for the Homeless

Working with Ana is a delightful and awe-inspiring experience. Her sharp intelligence, coupled with her merry wit, engages and stuns us every day. I have never known anyone more willing to work at any time, in any situation, to get the job done. She is persistent, but gentle, tenacious, but understanding of others who are less
committed, and absolutely full of integrity. I would trust her with any task, to know it, to improve it and to complete it with joy.

Anita Beaty
Executive Director and Founder
Metro Atlanta Taskforce for the Homeless

Registration Team: USSF

I worked with Ana Willem on the registration team for the first ever United States Social Forum in Atlanta, Georgia in 2007. Ana served as the technical liaison to the registration team, developing and coordinating the a registration system that ultimately served over 10,000 people. She also implemented a range of complicated requirements for the entire team and provided on the ground support and troubleshooting during the registration process itself.

Ana was an excellent person to work with, providing expertise and skill to a large group of people--including staff and volunteers--with a wide range of technological background and knowledge. She helped to create a database that was accessible, intuitive, and that functioned wonderfully in a highly stressful environment. Thinking back on the challenges of that work and context, I am so grateful for Ana's experience, knowledge, patience and incredible hard work and commitment. I highly recommend Ana to any individual or organization looking for someone with commitment, creativity and expertise!

Christina Repoley
Peace Education Coordinator
American Friends Service Committee
crepoley@afsc.org
www.afsc.org