John Boos Email & Phone Number

Durham, Nc, Us

Lusaka, Zambia

Use GIS to improve client decision support and reporting. Work with clients to identify and prioritize geospatial decision support needs and opportunities. Determine client data and analysis needs. Complete geospatial analyses and create maps, visualizations, animations, dashboards, web maps, and story maps. Mentor the GIS Team in the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit in the GRZ Office of the Vice President. Serve as technical and management lead on all data management, performance monitoring, and GIS workstreams. Provide Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEL) guidance and support to USAID and its implementing partners. Manage three MEL Advisors. Review IP MEL Plan and Data Quality Assessment (DQA) compliance with USAID ADS directives and develop remediation strategies. Develop Z-MELP MEL assessment tools. Develop, implement, and manage Third Party Monitoring (TPM) strategies and operations. Lead field-deployed data collection teams in remote locations across Zambia. Design web-based and field-deployed data collection tools. Develop TPM sampling plans and analyses.

Lusaka, Zambia

On behalf of SoCha LLC for USAID/Zambia, developed data management approaches and structures to catalogue mission activity locations. Edited and cleaned existing Zambian government administrative data to create the first geospatial data set to reflect current national redistricting. Used ArcGIS to develop and revise map templates to harmonize map production and appearance across USAID/Zambia maps and visualizations. Created the first maps to visualize the distribution of USAID/Zambia activities across Zambia for the Democracy, Rights, and Government (DRG); Economic Development (EDEV); Education; and health offices along with maps to show the geographic extend of United States Government foreign aid. Facilitated discussions with technical office teams to develop and institutionalize a geographic approach to activity management, reporting, and decision support. Researched and drafted a summary of USAID Automated Directives System (ADS) material to summarize and clarify Agency approaches toward the collection, storage, and security-level classification of geospatial data. Currently working on activities to obtain, clean and prepare additional data sets from external sources to increase the use of GIS at USAID/Zambia and improve decision making. Creating web maps, geospatial presentations and dashboards using ArcGIS Online, Tableau, and others to streamline access to geospatial data access and create more flexible visualizations for increased decision support within the Mission.

Lusaka, Zambia

Oversaw all GIS activities under the International Division and expanded the use and integration of GIS and spatial analysis across the international projects implemented by JSI. Develop GIS capacity both within JSI, and their partners. Developed and implemented strategic plans to build resources and capabilities for GIS within numerous existing projects. Integrated GIS into proposals for new projects at JSI. Managed and coordinated activities with the Domestic GIS Team. Developed curriculums and lead trainings to build GIS and spatial analysis capacity in JSI staff in the home office, field offices, as well as in host country counterparts. Developed the informational materials and collateral to actively promote the use of GIS and Geo-Information technology within JSI centers, projects and teams. Created opportunities for and delivered GIS demonstrations and presentations to JSI staff. Worked extensively with project leadership to develop compelling spatial analyses, geographic visualizations, and maps. Wrote and reviewed reports on the research conducted and presented results to relevant stakeholders. Represented JSI and its projects at interagency meetings and professional conferences.

Lusaka, Zambia

Fulfilled tasks in geospatial analysis, map production, and information systems development for public and private sector clients.

Lusaka, Zambia

Provided technical and strategic leadership and oversight, quality control, program design, work plan development, and overall project management to the Power Africa Zambia Country Implementation Plan. Utilized GIS to map current and future trends in energy access to ensure development resources target both urban and rural populations. Monitored and coordinated energy-related activities with USG agencies, the Government of Zambia (GRZ), and donors. Maintained close relations with GRZ, private industry, research institutions, and a wide network of professional colleagues. Prepared for and participated in energy and Power Africa-related field trips, public meetings, and conferences. Developed strategies, analyses, program concepts and statements of work (including budget estimates) to support Power Africa awards to development partners. As the designated Activity Manager, managed implementing partner activities in Zambia to achieve both USAID/Zambia and Power Africa development objectives while providing financial and monitoring oversight to ensure that plans and reports satisfied USAID and USG standards and objectives. Collected data and synthesized it for Power Africa offices in Washington D.C. and South Africa to assist the Agency in reporting on annual initiative performance. Drafted strategy and program documents to capture and communicate program concepts, rationale, development importance, and results.

Lusaka, Zambia

Integrated geospatial science and technology into a variety of international development sectors including governance, global climate change, natural resource management, agriculture and public health. Completed GIS needs assessments to provide clients with clear guidance on approaches to integrate geography and GIS into their business practices. Developed data collection approaches to obtain georeferenced household and environmental data relevant to client information needs. Designed geoanalytical strategies to inform client decision-making and reporting needs. Provided leadership in the implementation of innovative geospatial methodologies, data, and analytical techniques to further explore the impact of geography and space on human/environment interactions in international development as they relate to client information needs. Organized GIS communities of practice to promote spatial data sharing and openness in national and regional contexts.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Integrated a geographic approach into a variety of USAID problem spaces, including global climate change, natural resource management, agricultural and public health applications. Served as the Agreement Officer’s Representative (AOR) for the Land Potential Knowledge System (LandPKS) InterAgency Agreement (IAA) with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and as the Alternate AOR on the SERVIR Program Demand Activity. Provided leadership in the analysis of the impact of geography and space on human/environment interactions in international development with a focus on Global Climate Change (GCC), Natural Resource Management (NRM), and Food Security.

Used geospatial science and technology to develop solutions to problems in the areas of infectious disease modeling, international development, public health, disaster managagment and epidemiology.

Fulfilled tasks in geospatial analysis; map development; disaster management; computer network design, procurement, and installation; information systems development; and publications production for assorted private and governmental clients.

Development Training 2 (DT2) Project. Assumed technical, managerial, budgetary, and fiscal responsibility for the DT2 Information and Evaluation units. Streamlined project-wide training information systems and business practices through the seamless integration of disparate databases and spreadsheets.

Healthy Mother/Healthy Child (HM/HC), Cairo, Egypt (1998 to 1999). Designed and implemented an integrated information system using Microsoft (MS) Access/Visual Basic to monitor facility renovation, commodity procurement, staff training, community development, and management systems for 125 Ministry of Health (MOH) and population hospitals and health centers in Upper Egypt.

Family Planning Logistics Management Project, Arlington, VA. Developed demographic projections and commodities forecasts for the purposes of program planning and supporting public and private-sector collaboration.

Basic Support for Institutionalizing Child Survival (BASICS) Project, Arlington, VA. Worked with the Team Leader and Coordinator to operationalize the technical agenda for child survival activities in Zambia, Madagascar, Malawi, Kenya, and Tanzania.

Basic Support for Institutionalizing Child Survival (BASICS) Project, Arlington, VA. Worked with the Project Director to develop and document procedures to improve project management.

Msc, Geographic Information Science, Merit

Mph, Epidemiology, International Health

Ba, Economics Management, Geography

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