I am an enterprise growth professional, experienced project manager, gender specialist, and entrepreneur with an MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management and a focus on small- and medium-enterprise development and value chain competitiveness. I have worked on supplier diversity initiatives, investment promotion, small and medium enterprise development, and women’s economic empowerment programming, and in the sectors of real estate, agribusiness, pharma, light manufacturing, professional services, and consumer goods primarily focused on management, strategy, operations, sales, marketing, and market research. I thrive in new and challenging environments, having worked in Eastern Europe (Albania, Kosovo, Bulgaria), Latin America (Peru, Panama, El Salvador), the Middle East and North Africa (Jordan, Tunisia, Egypt), and East Africa (Kenya, Uganda).My international professional experience includes:• Leading strategic engagements between international business experts and businesses in El Salvador, Guatemala, and the U.S with the goal of helping them grow and create jobs in their local communities. • Creating growth opportunities for small and medium enterprises in Peru, developing market expansion and marketing strategies and creating relationships with local and international buyers.• Developing gender strategies for $25-60M economic growth programs in Colombia and Tunisia funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development, identifying interventions tailored to women and vulnerable populations to increase access to employment and financial services.• Co-founded a Peruvian-American start-up focused on selling handmade artisanal products sourced from rural Peruvian communities. I am a native speaker of English and French, full professional proficiency in Spanish.
Listed skills include Market Research, Business Development, Entrepreneurship, International Development, and 20 others.