Irving Non-Profit, Aidmatrix, Working to Revolutionize Disaster Relief Efforts
A group of Irving-based computer programmers are helping change the way the world responds to disasters.
Headed by former Wisconsin Gov. Scott McCallum, Aidmatrix, a nonprofit foundation, is working to give relief organizations the same technology that big corporations use to manage the flow of supplies.
The foundation's online donor matching system works like a wedding registry where aid groups are able to post things they need online while the computer links them with companies or individuals offering supplies or cash to fill the request.
The organization's system is currently being used by the United States Agency for International Development and 70 other relief organizations in Haiti, where an Aidmatrix staffer is on the ground helping coordinate warehousing and logistics.
