Andrew Davis Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

Optica, founded in 1916, is a global leader in advancing optics and photonics, dedicated to promoting the generation, application, archiving, and dissemination of knowledge related to the science of light. Serving scientists, engineers, business professionals, and students worldwide, Optica drives scientific, technical, and educational achievements through renowned publications, meetings, online resources, and in-person activities.Seeking a global affairs role in a sector where I could make a meaningful impact, I was drawn to Optica's reputation for excellence and commitment to long-term learning. Their core values—innovation, integrity, inclusivity, and impact—resonated with me, and I eagerly accepted the opportunity to join the organization.As the Senior Manager of Global Affairs, I develop and lead programs to advance public policy, laws, and budgets supporting optics and photonics science and technology worldwide. Collaborating with Optica leadership and volunteers, I manage relationship building, policy research, public presentations, program implementation, and results tracking to meet strategic goals.I am excited about this opportunity to:► Develop and execute Optica’s international public policy programs and strategies that forward the organization’s global priorities, working closely with the Optica global community.► Launch the next phase of the Global Environmental Measurement and Monitoring (GEMM) initiative’s goal to implement technologies globally for monitoring and addressing issues related to climate change and environmental sustainability.► Collaborate with Optica’s Public Affairs Council and the International Photonics Advisory Committee (IPAC) to bring together experts from industry, academia, and government to educate policymakers and influencers about photonics technologies, and advocate for funding for optics and photonics initiatives.

Seny Consulting International engages public and private sector clients to identify and deploy global solutions to local challenges solutions via benchmarking, financing and creative coalition-building. Seny, an ancient Catalan word, is one of my favorites. It represents the values that I want the company to reflect: a combination of wisdom, integrity, perseverance and common sense.Discoveries I made in my prior roles led me to create Seny. I consistently observed that:• Public Administrations around the globe — particularly but not exclusively local administrations — were not taking advantage of international opportunities for engagement, finance and benchmarking to strengthen their domestic policy goals. • Private Sector clients were likewise not taking advantage of international public & private expansion opportunities.That’s when I realized that I had the savvy, experience and network to arm public and private sector stakeholders with the international engagement strategies they need to ensure their success. I envisioned ways to support local policy priorities — from waste-to-energy plants to public markets, infrastructure improvements, city branding, talent attraction and smart cities technologies — by leveraging my knowledge of and access to international stakeholders and resources.In my role I successfully advised:► Private Sector clients on global finance alternatives to local Public/Private Partnership opportunities.► A Partner Consulting firm on Public Sector expansion across Latin America► Public Administration and Multilateral Institutions on internationalization, branding and talent attraction strategies.

Washington, Dc, Us

The politics of migration has always fascinated me, and it eventually became one of my principal focuses as an academic. While I had left academia for a government posting in 2008, I still followed migration and refugee policy with interest, and for some time had been interested in identifying adjunct teaching opportunities. In 2014, I had anticipated the need for a migration-focused course in European Studies, and pitched the idea to the head of the department at Johns Hopkins SAIS. Although there wasn’t course availability at the time, he reached out to me at the inception of the European refugee crisis and asked me to teach the course.The focus of the course was to contextualize post-WWII migration and refugee policies in Europe, both from a comparative politics perspective (looking at specific EU member state policies) as well as from a multilateral one (explaining positioning and actions of various UN and other multilateral institutions, in addition to the European Union), with a strong focus on the refugee crisis of 2015-16.It was a privilege to be able to teach future international leaders in both the public and private sectors, about Post-WWII migration and refugee policy while following the crisis, and political decisions being made in response, in real time.

Barcelona, Es

The Government of Catalonia — created in 1359 and headquartered in Barcelona — is a regional public administration with 200,000 employees servicing 7.7 million people. I was approached by Catalonia’s Secretary of Foreign Affairs to open its first representative office in North America, based on my transatlantic political and economic expertise, network connections and multi-lingual abilities. I wore several hats representing Catalonia’s interests across the U.S., Canada & Mexico:• POLITICAL — Strengthened relations with federal, state and municipal authorities, as well as the United Nations and multilateral finance institutions.• ECONOMIC — Initiated trade, investment, and tourism-related promotion across North America, managing 6 offices in 3 countries.• CULTURAL DIPLOMACY— Promoted transatlantic cultural collaboration via large-scale festivals, exhibitions, concerts and theatrical performances. In this role I successfully spearheaded multi-year initiatives that promoted Catalonia’s political, economic and cultural interests, including:► Negotiating several bilateral agreements to promote trade and investment, renewable energies, IT, advanced manufacturing and infrastructure cooperation, bio and life sciences, sustainable mobility, tourism and higher education.► Advocating for Catalonia’s selection as the featured culture of the 2018 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, attracting over 1 million attendees annually.► Securing €557 M direct investment into Catalonia from 65 U.S. companies compared to €72 M from 20 corporations in the previous 5-year period.► Promoting tourism via transatlantic flight routes to BCN to strengthen $1 billion market (500,000+ North American tourists per annum pre-COVID). ► Advocating on behalf of Catalonia to promote awareness on Capitol Hill and with federal government, prominent U.S. think tanks & academic centers, and with similar public/private interests in Ottawa & Mexico City.

Barcelona, Es

The Ateneu Barcelonès is one of the premier cultural institutions in Catalonia, dedicated to intellectual debate on the pressing questions of the day related to politics, economics and in particular, culture, and actively participates in the promotion and development ofCatalonia.I initially joined while I was working on my PhD while living in Barcelona. I wanted to grow my network and engage with a diverse group of political and civic leaders. I was the first foreigner to be invited to join the board and elected by the membership, where I held the role of Secretary.My responsibilities included Operations, Staff Management & Human Resources in addition to coordinating all board meetings.During this period, I was most proud of the following achievements:► Being the first foreigner elected to the Board of the Ateneu Barcelonès► Spearheading the launch of a program to attract new members from the international community who were based in Barcelona.

London, Gb

The London School of Economics is a public research university located in London, England. It is widely considered to be one of the most prestigious academic institutions in the world for the study of economics and the social sciences.I accepted a post-doctoral research position at the European Institute, shortly after completing my PhD. My work at the LSE was funded by the Institut Ramon Llull, a consortium based in Barcelona.My research focused primarily on the critical interplay between local and national level public policy, with a particular focus on migrant integration and education policies. This spurred my continued interest in issues related to multilevel governance, in addition to identifying international solutions to local policy challenges, which later became one the main focuses of my current consultancy (Seny Consulting International).

During this period, I was a guest analyst on the subject of American politics and elections. I was frequently interviewed by a variety of radio & television stations in Catalonia and other parts of Spain, including: ► Televisió de Catalunya (Nit al Dia)► 3/24► Barcelona TV (Contrapunt, Hola Barcelona)► Televisió L’Hospitalet► Televisió Terrassa► Radio/TV 9 de Valencia► Radio Catalunya► Radio Euskadi► Radio L’Hospitalet► COM Radio

Fort Lauderdale, Fl, Us

Kaplan, Inc. provides educational services to colleges, universities, corporations and businesses, including higher education programs, professional training and certifications, test preparation and student support services. During this period the company was expanding its footprint by globally recruiting English Second Language (ESL) students.I was recruited by the incoming VP for international sales & marketing to help him with this market expansion. I’d met him previously at several international conferences.In this role, I successfully: ► Supported the reorganization and redesign of the International Programs Division of Kaplan, Inc. from purely domestic marketing to an international client base and operations in Asia, Latin America and Europe. This launched an internationalization process that now generates $70+ million /yr.► Developed a new marketing strategy based on my prior international experience to accompany the internationalization effort.

Ma, International Relations (International Economics / European Studies)

Ph.D., School Of Politics & International Relations | Migration, Education & Local Government Policies

Ba, French