Management Consultant
Redmond, Washington, Us
Global business strategy, policy development and execution, marketing, and project management in the technology education arena. Envisioned and launched a shared value, public-private business model with the development sector that resulted in both corporate profits as well as social good.Led Microsoft’s investments in Haiti, public-private partnerships which transformed schools across the country and empowered 100,000 youth with first-ever digital access, long-range Wi-Fi, teacher training, sustainably powered by solar in collaboration with local entrepreneurs. We called it the “Sinatra” project, because ‘if we could make it there, we could make it anywhere.’We learned from that model and applied it in multi-stakeholder partnership with the British Council, government and NGO partners: Project Badiliko secured a multi-million USD investment which resulted in 18,000 teachers trained, 100 digital hubs, and first-time access to 100,000 learners in across 6 African countries. Policy workshops in Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda, Botswana spawned PC deals in Botswana, Kenya, and Ghana.Helped reshape Kenya laptop program to reach more than half a million learners with access for a stronger focus on teaching and learning outcomes. The initiative ultimately generated a win-win-win of profitable growth for Microsoft, for OEM channel partners, and most importantly, learning transformation bridged via first-time technology access for learners across Africa.