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Nairobi County, Kenya

San Francisco Bay Area

∎ Build and lead first-ever dedicated team responsible for marketing strategy to increase public sector access to GeneXpert diagnostic platforms and tests in Africa, LATAM, and APAC. ∎ Facilitate market assessments and customer research to inform positioning of existing GeneXpert diagnostic instruments and TB, HIV, HPV, and hepatitis tests, as well as new product and business development.∎ Oversee development of market segmentation, marketing plans, programs, campaigns, and partnerships to increase visibility of company's global health work and support demand generation in regions.∎ Guide development of customer journeys for key global health donors and Ministries of Health and stakeholder engagement plans to guide sales and marketing priorities.∎ Drive cross-functional alignment between Commercial, Marketing, Product Management, and Medical Affairs to ensure coordinated strategy and support for public sector health programs in emerging markets.

United States

A fully-funded leadership initiative designed to support women through the opportunities and challenges of advancing to senior leadership positions in global health.

San Francisco Bay Area

∎ Hired and led team responsible for global competitive and market insights to inform product strategy for HIV (company's largest franchise) and COVID-19 therapeutics.∎ Advised Marketing, Commercial, and Medical Affairs teams during annual planning process, advisory board development, and market research studies to ensure proactive approach to market and competitive scenarios.∎ Served on COVID-19 taskforce to assess commercial opportunities and make go/no-go recommendations to executives on portfolio strategy.

San Francisco Bay Area

∎ Conducted extensive primary and secondary market research on HIV and COVID-19 external landscapes.∎ Delivered impact assessments to executive team and employees to support commercial and pipeline decisions.∎ Designed and facilitated global workshops to enable launch readiness and competitive fitness.∎ Created new forums for senior leadership decision-making and sharing of market insights among priority countries in North America, Europe, and Asia.

Port-Au-Prince, Haiti

∎ Managed in-country partnership between Haiti's National Malaria Control Program and Malaria Zero: The Alliance for a Malaria-Free Haiti.∎ Built and maintained productive engagements with Haiti’s Ministry of Health and National Laboratory, Global Fund representatives, and NGOs to achieve shared programmatic goals.∎ Developed financial model to estimate cost of malaria elimination in Haiti to support resource mobilization campaign with funders. ∎ Designed M&E plan for Haiti's Strategic Plan for Malaria Elimination, approved by Global Fund.

New York, New York, United States

∎ Led engagements with large foundation, nonprofit, and public sector clients to achieve global health advocacy, resource mobilization, and partnership goals. ∎ Served as primary account lead for clients including Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the International Partnership for Microbicides, and Planned Parenthood Global. ∎ Planned and executed conferences, donor engagement meetings, media campaigns, and new product and program launches. ∎ Facilitated MOUs and new initiatives with governments (specifically Ministries of Health and Ministries of Science & Technology) to mobilize domestic investments in global health R&D.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

∎ Global Access Intern | Gilead Sciences: Evaluated licensed-generic and branded sales strategies in LMICs and identified an alternative.

Master Of Public Health - Mph

B.A., International Relations

∎ Recipient of International Relations Prize for Academic Excellence ∎ Internships: Edesia Global Nutrition Solutions, Maitri India.

Education record

Switzerland: Global Health and Development Policy (semester abroad)