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Project Paralink is a United States-based nonprofit organization that operates a nationwide network of more than 900 volunteers that have built and delivered over 800,000 PPE supplies for immediate donation to hospitals, retirement homes and other points of interest.

History
In early March of 2020, Edward Aguilar, Sahan Reddy, Shourya Seth, Michael Giusto and Jordan Umusu Co-founded Pluto Delivery : A food delivery startup that, using their own routing algorithms, promised delivery rates a quarter that of the competition.

Originally, the team planned on using this technology to deliver food to their teachers, many of whom lacked the time needed to make food at home but also the cash needed to order delivery.

On launch day, March 15th, 2020, the team launched to an audience of 80 teachers, but shortly after their first deliveries, reports of COVID-19 in their school county began appearing. Shortly after that, their school shut down- and with it, their ambitions of becoming a food delivery company.

That same night, the team got a call from a family member, who was also a doctor, and the team decided to pivot : Instead of delivering food and drinks, they began to deliver PPE. They renamed the company to Project Paralink, began filing for 501(c)(3) status and just one week later made their first delivery of 500 sanitization products to a local hospital.

From there, the team and their ambitions only grew. Shortly after that first delivery, the team partnered up with local organization AtlantaBeatsCovid to provide them with the logistics necessary to dispatch their face shields to local hospitals.

After a short period of time, Project Paralink began integrating upwards and started to manufacture the the shields for themselves. With a volunteer network of builders, donations for supplies, and the logistics in place to deliver, the team was ready to expand.

Today, Project Paralink has manufactured and delivered over 800,000   units of PPE including but not limited to: Face Shields, Masks, Gowns and Intubation Chambers.

Leadership
The original Project Paralink team Is structured as follows: Edward Aguilar as CEO. Shourya Seth as COO. Michael Giusto as CSO. Sahan Reddy as CTO, and Jordan Umusu as CIO. All current members of the leadership team are also Co-Founders of the project.