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San Francisco, CA, US

Tides is one of the leading social justice organizations in the U.S., moving more than $1.4 billion annually to accelerate the pace of social change with innovative partners. I oversee business operations, which has both organization-wide oversight of process design and project management, and administration of key processes including all contracting and.

Nairobi, KE

Established core operations and ESG systems for e-mobility start-up revolutionizing the public transportation sector by providing bus owners with a cost-effective electric alternative to diesel.

Nairobi, KE

• Series B company revolutionizing sustainable forestry in Africa partnering with tens of thousands of smallholder farmers.Built, staffed, and ran all shared services of a division spanning all back-office functions.
• Set strategy and staffing at global HQ and regional level, setting OKRs to ensure effective service delivery, developing a team of functional managers with a focus on building systems and policies, and cultivating a.
• Developed systems, policies and frameworks for scaling, including Finance Manual and procedures, Employee Handbook and policies, Admin Handbook, Procurement Manual.
• Led all ESG initiatives so the company meets or exceeds IFC standards.
• Built 7 empowered department teams to lead and proactively support value chain operations.

Kileleshwa, Nairobi, KE

• Living Goods supports networks of digitally enabled microentrepreneurs that deliver effective maternal/child health services and sell high-impact products like treatments for malaria and diarrhea, clean cook stoves and.
• Promoted to focus on building the systems and processes to scale across multi-country operations. Focused on end-to-end digitization of processes across supply chain, finance, HR, and business development.
• Led implementation of multi-country enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) system across the organization with an objective of increasing business development success, reducing.

Kileleshwa, Nairobi, KE

• Oversaw Uganda country operations and 5X scale up; built teams and processes to support growth.
• Scaled operations from 400 Community Health Promoters in 5 Districts to over 2,300 in 15 Districts and supported key partner to deliver frontline health services to 4.5 million Ugandans.
• Quadrupled staff to 150 while increasing performance with implementation of management training programs, incentive systems, and reward and recognition programs.
• Developed partnerships with Uganda Ministry of Health and MOUs with all district governments.
• Maintained or improved key health metric -- reducing mortality among children under five years old -- during scale up.

San Francisco, California, US

• Led strategic overhaul of private sector dealer network and expansion to 225 dealers across the country: set up geographic-exclusive distributors; trained dealers and administered sales incentives through mobile.
• Revamped the salesforce: developed trainings, new commission plans and incentives, removed ineffective performers and introduced new hiring practices.
• Developed partnerships with key private sector and NGO players in the agricultural space.
• Designed and launched customer loyalty and referral network.
• Developed and rolled out loan products with leading banks and MFI.
• Achieved 153% YOY growth. Built new management team, reduced inefficiencies and operating costs.

Washington, DC, US

• Led Consulting firm specializing in nonprofit sustainability, social purpose business ventures, social enterprises and corporate partnerships.
• Turned around firm from ongoing loss to five consecutive years of profitability and growth.
• Tripled size of firm to be the leading social enterprise consulting firm in the U.S.
• Led project teams which worked with more than 200 nonprofits to increase their sustainability; provided project management oversight.
• Created and delivered social venture new business training initiative for senior leadership teams of 80 nonprofits in eight cities across the U.S.
• Produced or co-authored leading publications in the field; frequent public speaker.

• Joined 6-person marketing firm and was part of management team that grew the company to be a NYSE-listed, S&P 400 mid-cap corporation with over $400 million in sales. Served as senior executive of the target marketing.
• Led $30 million subsidiary to outstanding financial performance at both gross margin and EBIT levels.
• Developed successful targeted marketing programs and initiatives to build client brands.
• Oversaw acquisition of three companies, including due diligence analysis and evaluation, negotiation of purchase agreement, implementation strategies and successfully managed integration.
• Managed operations including two fulfillment facilities, field operations with 300+ independent contractors, creative and print production, IT and market research departments.
• Directed budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba)

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