Ben Schmidt Email & Phone Number

Franklinton, Nc, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

I manage a team of 2 CIPE junior staffers and 3-4 CIPE contractors and:- Lead CIPE's work on a US State Department-funded technology and anti-corruption project w/ partners Accountability Lab and Development Gateway. Since 2022, I have contributed research to educate participants for anti-corruption hackathons in South Africa, Nepal, Colombia, Malaysia, and (in September '24) Albania. Current task --> co-authoring research on technology for business integrity.- Lead CIPE project partnering with Professor Alina Mungiu-Pippidi's team at LUISS developing the Corruption Risk Forecast (www.corruptionrisk.org, or CRF). On this project, I direct web development, write blogs, present to partners and potential users in the US government and global business (ex: Amazon, Bloomberg News, UBS, Moody's), and manage a Google Ads campaign.- Lead a pan-Africa Follow The Money project with partners in Ghana, Sierra Leone, and Nigeria, including Abuja-based Connected Development (CODE)- I also had a temporary role kickstarting CIPE's Galvanize the Private Sector as Partners in Combatting Corruption (GPS) project, funded by the State Department, including leading production of the CIPE GPS page: https://acgc.cipe.org/gps

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

- Contributions in this role: (1) working with a web developer and research team to design and launch a new corruption index website -- www.corruptionrisk.org, and presenting on the new index to the CIPE board of directors, (2) leading a makeover of the team website - acgc.cipe.org - (3) writing a few dozen blogs on the Business of Integrity blog (search "Schmidt") on acgc.cipe.org, (4) leading design and development of the Rapid Response Anti-Corruption website - acgc.cipe.org/rapidresponse, and (5) contributing to the proposal and first edition participant guides for the #HackCorruption project - www.hackcorruption.org. - I also contributed to proposals to the US State Department of Human Rights & Labor & the National Endowment for Democracy and led my department's communications, including blogs (10 authored, 15 edited), podcasts (co-host on 2 episodes, producer for over 25), social media (100s of Tweets), six department newsletters, several event invitations and project overview powerpoint presentations.

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

- Supported communications initiatives for the Anti-Corruption & Governance Center (ACGC) at CIPE, including the Business of Integrity Blog and the ACGC website- Supported ACGC projects, proposals, events, podcasts, and newsletters- Contributed writing and editing for ACGC, CIPE Global and CIPE regional teams

Washington, Dc, United States

- For USAID-funded project in Armenia, I contributed research, writing, and editing to a deliverable defining technical requirements of a new e-governance platform.- Wrote several pieces for the ACGC Business of Integrity blog (see links) and created multiple presentations for ACGC public events- Created department project tracker and drafted/navigated numerous contracts, international trip schedules, and approvals

Washington Dc Metro Area

Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States

* Over two 4-month summer seasons, I accompanied Preventive technicians on their pest control routes to current customers and conducted door-to-door marketing to neighbors across the greater Nashville metropolitan area. On average, I added 2-3 new customers to Preventive Pest Control's network per day.* I addressed the concerns of thousands of existing and new customers, adding new services and revenue worth over $100,000.

London, United Kingdom

- Wrote 6-10 articles per week in accordance with organization’s style-guide & procedures and worked with staff editors to ensure quality and accurate use of facts and sources. - Regularly featured articles among the highest-viewed of the week, including one of the highest-viewed articles on the site (see link).- Contributed video voice-overs and participated in live event coverage.

London, United Kingdom

Spring City, Ut

- Arranged daily service projects for nonprofit organization for 3 months, including 15-20 projects/100 volunteers per week. - Organized & led 12-15 year old youth in work, service, recreation, and mountaineering activities

Reston, Va

- Managed full sales-cycle for business customers of Metricly's SaaS predictive analytics monitoring solution for IT operations - Named Sales Team Captain in October 2016 after regularly leading 18-person team in demos-set and deals-closed- Used Microsoft Office Suite, SalesForce, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, and Salesloft software on a daily basis to source, contact, qualify, and follow up with business customers

Orem, Ut

- Aided in development and managed full sales-cycle of Bluehost’s suite of student-focused web hosting tools- Generated highest revenue on 5-member team in 2014, created 10+ WordPress sites, hosted 25+ webinars

Provo, Utah Area

- Achieved highest customer satisfaction rate (8.46/9), lowest cancellation rate (3%), and second highest cash-per-contact on 25-member sales team.- Generated more than $150,000 in revenue as a part-time agent.

São Paulo Area, Brazil

- Led and provided training for groups of 8-20 individuals over 11 months- Spent 9 months training three new American volunteers and one new Brazilian volunteer in procedures, teaching methods, and language skills.

Cottonwood Heights, Ut

- Graded more than 200 hundred essays and tests each month for Brighton High School's AP US History, AP Comparitive Politics, and AP European History courses.

Msc Political Economy Of Emerging Markets, Development Economics And International Development, Distinction (3.8 Gpa)

For my master's thesis, I evaluated the improvements achieved by Brazil’s poor during the country’s boom years of 2003-2013 and their.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), International Relations, 3.95 Gpa

Activities and Societies: College Valedictorian, Magna Cum Laude, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Association, Golden Key Honor Association, BYU Men's.