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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Developed a plan to test viability of the app within a new target customer base. Created a market landscape map and competitor analysis, identifying competitor app features and value propositions, better assessing posi-tioning of the app.• Pivoted the business development pathway, contributing to save time and budget for the app team. • Evaluated market gaps in customer segmentation via the development of customer personas. • Conducted primary research with businesses matching customer personas to evaluate their needs and business requirements.

Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina

• Managed 15 projects worth up to $1 million USD, delivering basic goods and services to refugees and migrants in both emergency response settings and long-term settlement through cross-functional teams and partnerships.• Maintained relationships with both government and non-government interlocutors, keeping abreast of both internal and external trends relevant to UNHCR and partners’ implementation priorities. • Developed and reviewed project budgets based on available resources and operational needs.• Assessed timelines, resources, and critical components for both existing and new projects.• Conducted risk management, audit support, and monitoring and evaluation activities to ensure compliance and successful funding renewal for partners.• Directed 10 partnership initiatives in Argentina and Bolivia, improving reporting standards, stakeholder engage-ment, and capacity-building efforts resulting in the improvement of project performance and partner capability.

Rome

• Coordinated delivery of data & analysis intake for UN Regional and Country Offices global-level reporting.• Directly worked with developers on key software solutions in business processes for reporting and tracking, including in developing training support for team members.• Provided policy recommendations for future monitoring and evaluation, planning, and reporting efforts based on the evaluation of present best practices.• Coordinated descriptive and analytical results narratives submitted by managers for the intake of public reporting.

Rome

• Officer deployment and program implementation for the HQ management team in FAO, tracking 34 country missions in 5 regions.• Knowledge management and communication support, training seminars, consultations, and conferences and webinars.• Writing and presenting 17 Senior/Field Staff Selection Panel Reports, for recruitment regional and country staff.• Preparation of the Annual Progress Report submitted to the EU.

Rome

• Developed over two dozen Food Security Commitment and Capacity Profiles for target countries, analyzing food security and nutrition policy frameworks and implementation efforts.• Managed the SO1 activities database, including monitoring and evaluation, result framework and work plans.

Rome

• Supported the development of public-private liaisons carried out by representatives of the agri-food sector at the United Nations by providing document support, preparation of agendas and minutes, tracking attendants, and meeting preparations.• Managed and coordinated the implementation of side-events at conferences, ensuring delivery of scheduling, requisition of translators, room preparations, catering, guest lists, and other requisite inputs for successful events and presentations.

Rome

• Aided the Secretariat of the Committee for World Food Security (CFS) in the final months of preparation for the 39th Session of the CFS, held from 15-20 October 2012. • Supported the Secretariat the standardization of delegation signage to improve visualization within Plenary, enhancing the previous FAO standards as well as providing identification for non-state actors. • Conducted research to collect and identify data.• Compiled and organized documents both within the Secretariat and the supporting conference infrastructure as a whole.

Master Of Arts (Ma), International Public Affairs

Dissertation - Ukraine: The Shrinking Middle Ground - Grade: A

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Political Science, 3.82 Gpa - Magna Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Senator in Student Government, Secretary-General of the Model United-Nations Society.