Fernando Ott
Nationality: Brazil
Organization Name: Polen
Impact Region: South America
About the Social Business: Polen is a platform that connects enterprises to social causes, making easier to donate or support social actions and projects.
About the Y&Y Fellow: Fernando Ott is originally from Brazil and the founder of Polen. He has worked for 4 years as a web developer, backing-end developer, frontend developer and UX designer focusing on e-commerces and CMS systems, where he gained expertise in e-commerce businesses, agile development, project management and leadership. In the past 2 years he has worked on two startups, both of them focusing on social impact; more specifically social tourism and volunteerism. These two experiences combined: e-commerces and social impact and allowed him to develop his social enterprise, Polen.
Fernando Ott
Nationality: Brazil
Organization Name: Polen
Impact Region: South America
About the Social Business: Polen is a platform that connects enterprises to social causes, making easier to donate or support social actions and projects.
About the Y&Y Fellow: Fernando Ott is originally from Brazil and the founder of Polen. He has worked for 4 years as a web developer, backing-end developer, frontend developer and UX designer focusing on e-commerces and CMS systems, where he gained expertise in e-commerce businesses, agile development, project management and leadership. In the past 2 years he has worked on two startups, both of them focusing on social impact; more specifically social tourism and volunteerism. These two experiences combined: e-commerces and social impact and allowed him to develop his social enterprise, Polen.
