Speakers

Zambia-born Pedersen is a software executive currently leading technology for AstrumU and has over 20 years of experience in venture creation. Pedersen found Rotary through his mother's fight with Polio, which she suffered through when Pedersen was a child. Rotary's ambitious work to eradicate Polio appealed to Pedersen and his personal goals towards service and growth, leading him to pursue leadership positions within the organization as Club President, AG, and, currently, as DGE for District 5030 Rotary. Kaj and his wife Claire have been married 25 years and have a son, Sebastian, who is studying for his honors degree in Game Design at Columbia College in Chicago.