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New York, United States

Brooklyn, New York, US

• We provide strategic consulting, implementation support and training solutions that enable organizations to create value from data through artificial intelligence.
• We integrate business, data science, and technology to facilitate the adoption and targeted application of AI by executives & teams. This includes developing and executing on a data strategy, evaluating AI business.
• Our clients operate in the financial services, investment, and consumer good industries.

New York, NY, US

• Lead a 10-week part-time data science course
• The curriculum covers research design, data management, machine and deep learning incl. NLP, unsupervised learning & time series analysis
• Advised several hundred students on data science projects

New York, NY, US

• Co-founded global investment firm targeting private & listed consumer companies
• Led development and execution of business & investment strategy with three other partners
• Built & managed the predictive analytics & investment research business focusing on macro, industry and financial analysis, leading to the successful launch of global equity fund within 18 months
• Built & led data science team to build proprietary datasets and produce machine learning research

Austin, TX, US

• Reported to CEO leading global strategy formulation and engineering resource planning
• Led product & project management teams to design, launch & grow global electronic payment programs
• Led business development with global clients in banking, telecom, and retail industries
• Defined LatAm go-to-market strategy and oversaw execution, incl. the growth of Brazil program to 100,000 clients in the first year; led Colombia market entry
• Managed dynamic currency conversion product strategy & global FX broker relationships
• Led successful $15m fundraising from OPIC for fintech impact investment fund

Washington, DC, US

• Trained WB staff on technological, commercial & regulatory best practices for introducing electronic payment cards and mobile card acceptance in emerging markets
• Analyzed business case for migrating social cash transfers to electronic platform
• Prepared presentation for senior Kazakhstan officials on social cash transfer reform

Nairobi, KE

• Led mobile payment market scenario planning with leaders from telecom, banks & regulators
• Projected and analyzed demand & supply impact of industry dynamics over 10-year horizon
• Recommended on public policy and regulatory initiatives

Cambridge, MA, US

• Teaching Fellow: International Finance (Prof. J. Frankel)
• Course Assistant: Advanced Risk Management & Infrastructure Finance - Case studies on infrastructure PPPs, including financial modeling and risk management
• Course Assistant: Advanced Quantitative Methods - PhD-level statistics using STATA

Kuala Lumpur, MY

• Raised $35m from Gates Foundation to build a global P2P advisory network for regulators
• AFI has become an international organization with 90+ members (central banks & regulators)
• Collaborated on the grant proposal, business plan & organizational design; led academia engagement
• Designed & collaborated on financial inclusion policy research to back up the business plan
• Led inaugural P2P policy advice between Brazilian and Kenyan Central Bankers

• Developed financial models & valuation methods for infrastructure PPPs
• Produced analysis and recommendations on financial instruments and deal structures to promote private investment in municipal water infrastructure
• Benchmarked capital costs to guide subsidy allocation to infrastructure concessions
• Assisted in negotiations with multinational firms and infrastructure funds

Bonn, NW, DE

• Consulted on corporate governance & communication with the global investment community in preparation for IMF Working Group on SWF Code of Conduct
• Produced detailed analysis of Sovereign Wealth Fund investment strategies & results
• Provided policy recommendations to Chinese and German governments

Bonn, NW, DE

• Dual role leading advisory team to German Executive Directors on the boards of World Bank & IMF via German Development Ministry, and advising African governments on economic policy
• Recruited global expert network incl. Prof. Stiglitz and Center for Global Development to produce research that helps formulate and advance German positions at World Bank and IMF
• Led policy analysis and advocacy on WB board agenda items such as Hedge Funds & Private Equity Regulation in Emerging Markets, Climate Change Strategy, Impact Measurement, Pro-Poor Growth Strategies, and Public.

Bonn, NW, DE

• Led turn-around & commercialization of 250 village banks: design & implementation of new regulation & supervision for nation-wide replication
• Led design & due diligence for $50m SME lending facility through venture capital firms & banks
• Technical Advisor (Central Bank, MoF): policy analysis & recommendations on bank licensing, regulation & supervision; consulting on financial sector reform at federal, state & local levels
• Assistant Program Director: management support for reform programs ($50m budget; 100 staff)
• Responsible for an annual budget of $200K, 13 staff

Seattle, WA, US

• Consulted on design & implementation of impact investment strategy (planned amount: $100m)
• Engaged leading external stakeholders to validate and refine strategic plan
• Raised USD 250K for follow-up consulting engagement that in turn led to USD 35M grant

• Reviewed leading publications on international relations and economic policy
• Managed proprietary research database

Master Of Public Administration / International Development

Master Of Science - Ms, Computer Science

Master, Business Economics