Impact Podcast Creators & Guests

Kyle Wiens is the CEO of iFixit, the free repair manual. He writes and speaks regularly repair, e-waste, and informal economies. He is also the founder of Dozuki, a software company that helps manufacturers publish online technical documentation.Wiens has testified on electronics reuse before International Trade Commission and is actively involved in developing global environmental standards. His writing has appeared in Wired, the Harvard Business Review, and the Wall Street Journal, and he has appeared on radio and television networks including MSNBC, the BBC, CBC, and NPR.Wiens received his B.S. in Computer Science from California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo.

At 21 years old, Rob Oliver sustained a spinal cord injury while body surfing on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The injury left him paralyzed from the chest down with limited use of his arms and hands. These limitations forced Rob to take a long hard look at life, relationships and success. The insights that he gained during that experience and through the ensuing years of living with quadriplegia are invaluable, practical, powerful and applicable to all humanity.