dissigno

dissigno is a project development company that creates power enterprises in emerging markets. dissigno creates strategic partnerships with private & public sector enterprises working in traditionally overlooked & undeserved markets. dissigno’s strengths employ an agile approach that allows stakeholders to create and respond to change in order to benefit in a turbulent business environment. dissigno’s solutions are scalable to solve both the initial product gap and fill needs in other developing communities.

latest news

OCTOBER 2009

dissigno recently returned from a tour of Morocco and Tanzania. In Morocco we met with the director of airports, ports, agriculture and energy to discuss renewable energy projects. In Tanzania we met and brainstormed next steps with Carrie McLaughlin, dissigno Tanzania's Director of Technology for the World Bank lighting project. Please visit dissigno Tanzania Ltd

Gary Zieff is joining two panel discussions and serving as an advisor at the joint initiative put on by IEEE and UN Foundation called The Humanitarian Technology Challenge. The workshop, occurring on October 26-28 in DC, is targeted at developing solutions to critical humanitarian needs.

SEPTEMBER 2009

dissigno is working with students from Stanford University to develop the Nivalis ice making/refrigeration device, first started by dissigno in 2006. The popular Engineers for a Sustainable World class in the Stanford Engineering School will be starting work on the container, the cooling system and the power supply in the winter quarter 2010. The class will attempt to design a cold storage unit for use in off grid communities, and hopes to prototype the project in Tanzania during the summer of 2010.

AUGUST 2009

dissigno has recently secured a contract to manage nearly 5MW of solar PV in the US. Using the experience gained from consulting on large scale solar PV in the United States, dissigno is expanding its core business to new clients.

JUNE 2009

dissigno has found two new team members to travel to Tanzania. Carrie and Nish will be working on the lighting and power project over the next three to six months. Please visit dissigno Tanzania's website at dissigno Tanzania

dissigno Tanzania Ltd., a subsidiary of dissigno, has officially opened doors and will operate all East Africa projects.

dissigno is working with Village Enterprise Fund in Tanzania. Visit VEF on line at Village Enterprise Fund

MARCH 2009

dissigno has two new team members! Look for their bios on the team page.

DECEMBER 2008

dissigno is working with Catapult Design. Please visit Catapult here: Catapult Design

dissigno's Tanzania Lighting and Power team returned from Kayanga Town. Visit the project blog for more information at: Tanzania Lighting and Power Blog

dissigno's Tanzania Lighting and Power project was recently featured in Discover Magazine. Please see the on-line version at: Discover Magazine

SEPTEMBER 2008

dissigno's Tanzania Lighting and Power was also featured in Heather Clancy's ZDNet Blog. You can read it here: ZDNet

JULY 2008

dissigno was interviewed by WIRED for an article on off-grid lighting. Please see the article HERE

dissigno recently added David Socher to the team as General Counsel. David brings extensive international experience to dissigno.

JUNE 2008

dissigno was interviewed by CNET. Please see the article HERE

dissigno's team recently returned from Ghana, Africa where they attended the World Bank's first Lighting Africa Development Marketplace conference. dissigno's proposal for a lighting service enterprise was one of 16 projects awarded a grant by the World Bank. Please see the News Section for details.

dissigno - dis·sig·no {Latin} to arrange or manage