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Nairobi, Kenya

- Build and lead team to develop quality MEL and data management across E4I programming, including integration with Mercy Corps, post-merger.- Provide technical oversight and advisory in projects with large or complex data components, including large-scale data collection, GIS, machine learning & AI.- Develop tools, systems, and culture to facilitate learning across the organisation.

United Kingdom

Technical lead on: - Design, development, and implementation of Monitoring, Evaluation, & Learning (MEL) systems.- Consolidation and analysis of cross-programme data sets, in order to extract learning for the organisation and wider industry.- Supervise & train field officers and other staff on good MEL practices.

Nairobi, Kenya & Remote Working

Advisory Team, 6-month voluntary fellowship & follow-on contract work.• Stats & Machine Learning, incl: Random Forests, Regressions (Linear/Logistic/Lasso), PCA.• Analysis of investments in crowd-funding platform to understand reasons for campaign success.• Survey design, data collection and cleaning, for delivery to Academic partners.• Analysis of survey data and electricity consumption to understand customers’ energyconsumption, propensity to connect, and to reduce survey length.• Developing tool to predict electricity demand of customers from socio-economic data.• Final write-up of large report on "Demand Side Management For Mini-Grids" (found in attached link).• Deliver weekly tutorials to staff on VBA for Excel, and awarded the annual prize for Innovation.

Manila, The Philippines

Product Innovation Team, Self-funded voluntary work placement.• Product and supplier research for solar water pumps.• Developed and carried out testing protocols for new products.• Training material development for installation and maintenance field techs.• Field experience: Building domestic solar pumping system, delivery of training to field techs,product demos to customers.

Global

Field Engineer, Graduate Scheme. Navigator, Marine Seismic Surveys.• Survey planning and operations management. Co-ordinated up to four seismic vessels in survey.• Processing and delivery of survey positioning data (filtering & least squares).• Operation, troubleshooting and maintenance of waterproof electronics and GPS systems.• Loss Prevention Team Leader – Officially recognised for “excellent” management of the team.Projects:• Implemented software tools, wrote process documentation to improve operational efficiency.• Assessed and improved methods of troubleshooting electronics on-board.• Updated and wrote training materials based on experiences at courses in the company.

Farnham, United Kingdom

Business Analyst at an expanding 24/7 firm.• Interviewed staff to identify inefficiencies in existing working processes.• Reported these to management and provided robust and cost-effective solutions - either by building IT tools or exploring market alternatives.Projects: Implementing Case Management software for Operations team, Phone System Upgrade, VBA tools and WhatsApp.

Salisbury, United Kingdom

Analyst and Developer specialising in modelling the destruction of chemical and biological agents.Completed a 12-month placement at Dstl during gap year and have been back for two summer placements.Modelling the effect of air-delivered weapons on storage facilities containing chemical and biological agents. - Worked in a very small team. Mainly computer and lab work with some field trials. - Specialist in a set of models, second to one other person in the organisation. - Work went onto advise UK Forces in recent conflicts around the world.Set up collaboration between Dstl and the Atomic Weapons Establishment. - Regular correspondence with Director level staff from both companies. - Brought in external visitors - with the associated security issues. - Collaboration still working two and a half years later.

London

Officer Cadet within the University of London Officer Training Corps.Military and leadership training in Russell Square, London, along with weekend field Exercises to training areas across the UK.Put in command roles throughout training, managed up to 30 other Officer Cadets on exercise.Passed Module 2 of the TA Commissioning Course, ranking 6th in the Company.Training for Module 2 focused on leadership skills, tactics and command tools, culminating in an exam to plan a platoon level attack and deliver orders to full time Soldiers and Officers.As a senior cadet, assisted staff in running a skiing expedition to Tignes, France.

Farnham, United Kingdom

Play and Care Worker at a play centre specialising in the one-to-one care of disabled children.

Master Of Engineering (Meng), Electrical And Electronic Engineering With Management, First Class (A)

Activities and Societies: Electrical Engineering Society (Sports Officer), Surf Society (Secretary), Swimming & Waterpolo Society.

Education record

A Levels: - Mathematics A* - Electronics A* - Physics A - Further Mathematics A