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New York, New York, United States

- Lead two account teams with teams of mixed levels, supporting projects from 3 of the largest global development philanthropies- Supervise and mentor direct reports across levels and accounts, successfully having overseen two promotions of junior staff and mid-level staff and often serving as temporary manager during absences- Serve as strategic thought partner to deputy director of global health R&D innovation on global partnership building, funding relationship maintenance, and emerging scientific leader support- Directly support programming, production, and execution of annual flagship invite-only scientific innovation convening (~1200-1600 global participants)- Ongoing management of co-convened climate x health global small grants program, designing the application, rubric, review processes, facilitating the award of the first cohort of grantees out of 1700+ application submissions

- Served as interim Director of Global Programs, overseeing OKR development for Zanzibar office, project coordination across mainland Tanzania, and business development for Zambia national-scale primary health program- Continued as M&E consultant, advising on and reviewing monitoring systems, indicators, targets, and reporting for the Kizazi Kijacho and Afya-Tek projects

Cambridge, United Kingdom

- Served as senior-most project delivery manager, collaboratively shaping project delivery systems and norms with project delivery director, product and engineering teams, and senior leadership- Led biometrics projects from ideation through execution in Ethiopia (national-scale), Tanzania (multi-district), and Zimbabwe (cluster-based multi-district research)- Designed and led master trainings for Ethiopia Federal Ministry of Health (conducted in-person), Ethiopian state-level health leadership (in-person), Tanzanian private pharmacy consultants (conducted remotely)- Coordinated human-centered biometrics product iteration/design with product and engineering teams, refining UX input systems, beta testing protocols (both in-person with targeted users and remotely with internal team members), training and delivery mechanisms, and responsiveness to live field operation issues

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

PMI VectorLink M&E Team Lead- Led an international team measuring the reach and coverage of two malaria and Zika prevention projects in Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, and southeast Asia- Co-wrote successful proposal securing expanded follow-on projects for malaria prevention and Zika prevention emergency funding- Managed a mixed portfolio of country project and M&E teams- Supervised and coordinated three subcontracted technology and M&E partners- Served on project's senior management team as strategic thought partner on overall project, individual country programming, and headquarter and field operations- Delivered on-site and remote technical assistance to programs in Angola, El Salvador, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Nicaragua, and Zimbabwe

Falls Church, Va

Office of Head Start Monitoring Protocol Developer, Data Quality Assurance- Established qualitative metrics to ascertain the level of noncompliance of Head Start grant recipients- Developed reporting protocols to communicate noncompliance issues with grantees and funders- Analyzed data for trends, inconsistencies, and patterns, reporting on these annually to CongressHealth Care Innovation Awards-2 (HCIA-2) Monitoring Data Task Lead- Lead data analytics team in grantee data quality and monitoring by establishing and training on protocols, reviewing teams' data procurement and review models, and creating replicable data quality assurance tools for quarterly reporting- Standardized and trained larger project team on data quality assessments for HCIA-2 grantees' quarterly reporting- Generated quarterly analyses and high-level CMS-facing reports on HCIA-2 grantee performance

Boston, Ma

PI: Dr. Dan Brooks- Reviewed, categorized, and data mined deidentified medical records of agricultural workers in rural Nicaragua (in Spanish)- Identified trends in medications and illnesses across workers' records that could relate to CKDu etiology or onset- Trained Nicaraguan research assistants on data mining, categorization, and analyses protocols (remotelly, in Spanish)

Waltham, Ma; Leku, Ethiopia

- Developed and beta-tested CommCare-based application to collect deidentified patient information during medical mission trips to Ethiopia- Collected data on maternity- (pre- and post-natal) and emergency-care patients at Leku Primary Care Hospital, Leku, Ethiopia- Created training video for Wide Horizons staff on CommCare data reporting and analysis (3k+ views)

Boston, Ma

- Logistics coordination for after-school tutoring program- Special events support and planning- System design for attendance tracking

New York, Ny; San Pedro Sula, Honduras

- Specialty green coffee procurement for US-based clients- Green coffee sourcing from origin partners- Market risk exposure management

Master Of Public Health (Mph), International Health

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Biological Basis Of Behavior

Activities and Societies: Oracle Senior Honor Society, Sphinx Senior Honor Society, Atma, APALI, APSC, SAS

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