David Wise Email & Phone Number

Lilongwe, Central Region, Malawi, Malawi

Arlington, Virginia, United States

• Oversee contract lifecycle and financial management and negotiations of major subcontractors
• Provide leadership with resources and data to inform decision-making for technical implementation, including contract negotiation, budget strategy, monitoring, and relationship management
• Manage portfolio of 11 strategic partners valued at over $290 million in authorized
• Oversee invoicing and financial management for more than $3M in monthly sales
• Lead a 5-person project management unit
• Regional Compliance Specialist: conduct document review for compliance with policy and regulations

Arlington, Virginia, United States

• Developed financial models and pricing strategies for business development
• Supported strategic activities to improve the quality of cost proposals and related policies, resources, and tools
• Reviewed cost volumes for business development teams RFP proposals

Arlington, Virginia, United States

• Oversee contract lifecycle and financial management and negotiations of major subcontractors
• Prepare resources and data to inform decision-making for technical implementation, including contract negotiation, budget strategy, monitoring, and relationship management
• Manage portfolio of 11 strategic partners valued at over $290 million in authorized
• Oversee invoicing and financial management for more than $3M in monthly sales
• Regional Compliance Specialist: conduct document review for compliance with policy and regulations
• Support process development in ERP transition

Washington D.C. Metro Area; Kandahar, Afghanistan

• Project managed (in-county and remote) project operations/contracts on $125M agricultural development program
• Managed lease for Kandahar office and negotiated more $100 thousand in cost savings
• Oversaw recruitment and fielding of technical consultants, and local (Afghan) employees
• Managed three $20+ million subcontracts
• Reviewed and/or processed $2-3 million in monthly budget expenditures and oversaw all project financial audits
• Led and/or contributed to client briefings, reviewed project deliverables, and reported on progress to Sr. Vice President

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Supported, Project management teams with personnel backstopping, security subcontract administration, project management, and technical oversight
• Catalogued, organized, reviewed, and stored field office records for USAID projects
• Conducted pre-travel security briefings

Liwonde, Malawi ; Cleveland Ohio

• Oversaw construction of small solar projects: four school blocks, eight teacher houses, health center, and water supply
• Designed organizational model for improved education in Malawi and briefed board on progress and strategy
• Supported office project management, operations and fund development teams
• Developed teacher training program that annually trained 25 local teacher aids.
• Liaised with Ministries of Public Works/Education, on integration, construction projects and project activities

Berkeley, California

• Processed quarterly publisher royalties for entire catalog of musicians and maintained publisher account database

Master Of Science (M.S.), Development Management

Bachelor'S Degree, International/Global Studies