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Geneva, Switzerland

External Relations Strategy and Improvement: Spearheaded strategic changes to enhance the ROI of external relations for Member States. Led the development of communication strategies in the context of WHO's Investment Round and Investment Case, effectively demonstrating the value of WHO’s health programs so as to attract and maintain donor support.Donor and Partner Engagement: Strategically developed and crafted compelling narratives to enhance visibility for donors, partners, and key… Show more External Relations Strategy and Improvement: Spearheaded strategic changes to enhance the ROI of external relations for Member States. Led the development of communication strategies in the context of WHO's Investment Round and Investment Case, effectively demonstrating the value of WHO’s health programs so as to attract and maintain donor support.Donor and Partner Engagement: Strategically developed and crafted compelling narratives to enhance visibility for donors, partners, and key governance processes, such as pandemic accords, sustainable financing initiatives, and governing body meetings. Coordinated messaging to ensure alignment with organizational goals, effectively communicating the impact of WHO programs. Show less

Switzerland

Helped the WHO IT Department transition the Sitefinity CMS from project- to long-term operational status. Provided support and procedures for assessing and triaging digital requests from across the organization. Ensured the correct due diligence levels (Cyber Security, legal coutnry borders, accessibility, etc) were followed and included within all third party contracts.

Geneva Area, Switzerland

Provided vision and leadership for the WHO Web Transformation Project. My team created a powerful Digital Experience Platform using the Progress technology stack and migrated WHO’s 100,000+ page website to Sitefinity. During the project in 2020, website traffic increased 700% to 1.3 Billion visits. My team solidified the WHO #digital systems by moving our architecture to the Azure Cloud during the pandemic.We also created a seamless factory approach spanning multiple cloud… Show more Provided vision and leadership for the WHO Web Transformation Project. My team created a powerful Digital Experience Platform using the Progress technology stack and migrated WHO’s 100,000+ page website to Sitefinity. During the project in 2020, website traffic increased 700% to 1.3 Billion visits. My team solidified the WHO #digital systems by moving our architecture to the Azure Cloud during the pandemic.We also created a seamless factory approach spanning multiple cloud instances: WHO.int, over 80 country websites, private secured platforms. Creating connectivity between various WHO Apps and the website, allowed the latest content and data to be automatically served on demand to multiple WHO channels. The final product is a sustainable ecosystem foundation and architecture to allow WHO to build digitally for the future.Our website won two, Progress/Sitefinity, Website of the Year Awards-Most Impactful Digital Experience-Associations and Non-Profit Show less

Geneva Area, Switzerland

Managed the four units within the On Line Communications team.Strategic planning for the team's direction, budget and staffing. Managed the migration of WHO's legacy web content onto a modern, dynamic CMS.Signed off on functionality, features, sprints and backlogs.

Responsibilities:• Strategic planning for the unit's direction, budget and staffing.• Organizing production of web features and supervising the updating of content and data.• Ensuring the editorial quality of content on the WHO website.

Won the Progress Sitefinity- Website of the Year Award 2018.• Coordinated capacity building of a digital auditing tool for WHO's online communication.• In charge of managing staff, contracts, projects, timelines, budgets, external suppliers and consultants.• Managed the full project lifecycle for revamping technical websites at WHO.• Communications focal point - Department of Neglected Tropical Diseases. Advised on the creation of communication products, press releases, fact… Show more Won the Progress Sitefinity- Website of the Year Award 2018.• Coordinated capacity building of a digital auditing tool for WHO's online communication.• In charge of managing staff, contracts, projects, timelines, budgets, external suppliers and consultants.• Managed the full project lifecycle for revamping technical websites at WHO.• Communications focal point - Department of Neglected Tropical Diseases. Advised on the creation of communication products, press releases, fact sheets, fact files, infographics, podcasts.• WHO Spokesperson on finance. Fielded calls and interviews from journalists regarding the impact of a strong Swiss Franc on WHO.• Responsible for the English editorial team, web production team and Intranet team. • Implemented project management tools like (status reports, after action reviews, tracking systems) to improve the management and efficiency of projects. Show less

Geneva Area, Switzerland

Managed the four units within the On Line Communications team during the Coordinator's absence.

Geneva

Managed the WHO's multilingual team and the multilingual website; including content evaluation, selection, and publishing.

Geneva Area, Switzerland

Chair of the Finance Committee (2021-2023), Finance Committee (2019-2023) and Strategic Planning Committee (2018-2019).The International School of Geneva is the oldest and largest international school. Established in 1924, it has an enrolment of 4,500 students of 140 different nationalities and revenues of 150 million+ CHF. I was elected to the School's Governing Board in 2018.

Speaker at conferences and organizations like: UNICEF, World Bank, UNESCO, OSCE, GAID, the British Council, ICE, OmnichannelX, Web4Dev, JBoye, Confab,the Digital Leadership Forum, i2 Summit, Pepperdine University, Geneva Web Group, Intranet Experts Geneva; on topics ranging from Content Strategy, Digital Transformation, Youth and ICT 4 Development, ICT and education, Web 2.0, and Writing for the Web.

1.Manager of the IBE Web Team: - Ensured accurate, timely, multilingual dissemination of information to principle target audiences. - Provided vision, planning, strategic guidance and operational leadership for the online communications team. - Supervised the full project life cycle of 2 upgraded versions of the website. - Supervised web content creation, conceiving, writing and editing of news announcements.Content Management/Knowledge Sharing Project: - Migrated… Show more 1.Manager of the IBE Web Team: - Ensured accurate, timely, multilingual dissemination of information to principle target audiences. - Provided vision, planning, strategic guidance and operational leadership for the online communications team. - Supervised the full project life cycle of 2 upgraded versions of the website. - Supervised web content creation, conceiving, writing and editing of news announcements.Content Management/Knowledge Sharing Project: - Migrated site into a Typo3 Content Management System consisting of 10,000 + files, 6,000+ pages and multiple language sections. --Configured the CMS as a user-friendly KM and Community of Practice tool to improve program effectiveness, communication, and coherence of operations. - Created, tested and implemented bureau procedures for improving knowledge sharing, publishing web content, archival procedures.- Revamped architecture, navigation, design, respecting geographic, linguistic and organizational scalability. - Created a multilingual website in Eng, Fr, Sp, Ru, Ch, Ar. 2.ICTs in Education- Responsible for capacity building- GigaPan Project. Trained teachers and students in the use of the new robotic technology and how to use an associated online platform to communicate with schools around the world. - Worked on the Action Plan and organization of the E-Learning section of the UN “World Summit on the Information Society” (WSIS), for the 2006, 2007 sessions. - Rapporteur on E-learning and responsible for writing initial drafts of the full conference reports.- Contributed to the work on establishing a joint UNESCO ICT in Education Strategy.- Developed project proposals and co-chaired a session of the initial strategy meeting. - Represented UNESCO in various international web communities and conferences. Show less

Internet Startup: responsible for managing information systems. • In charge of creating an e-commerce website that leveraged value added proposition and responded to business objectives.• Responsible for ensuring information technology projects remained met operational requirements, budgetary goals and schedule.• Developed operational procedures and guidelines.• Analyzed and implemented the networking of IT systems, upgrades and configuration of hardware.• Project… Show more Internet Startup: responsible for managing information systems. • In charge of creating an e-commerce website that leveraged value added proposition and responded to business objectives.• Responsible for ensuring information technology projects remained met operational requirements, budgetary goals and schedule.• Developed operational procedures and guidelines.• Analyzed and implemented the networking of IT systems, upgrades and configuration of hardware.• Project Management: Managed internal, external and overseas IT teams of developers, designers, content writers, server and data entry teams. • Managed projects with task lists, deliverables, scope statements, budgeting, work break down structure, risk management and critical path analysis. Show less

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

• Finance: Designed and developed a complete costing system for the entire product range.• Analyzed costing data and prepared strategy proposals.• Trained accounting department in electronic banking and new fiance software.• Web: Led team with architecture, design and creation of corporate website.• Sales: Created customer satisfaction survey and analysis of how to increase sales.Sales

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International Baccalaureate (Ib)