Project lead, managing Net Zero strategy and implementation projects for Fortune 500 corporate sustainability leaders. Specializing in Scope 3 (supply chain & products) and nature-based solutions. Client projects have spanned tech, consumer products, food and beverage, healthcare, and utilities addressing a range of interesting client needs: * Designed scope 3 decarbonization roadmaps for 20 companies, including supplier engagement strategy and category-level roadmaps* Set-up cross-industry and cross-BU governance structures to drive consensus on product sustainability decisions* Due diligence to recommend high-quality, nature based projects for offset portfolios / nature positive commitments (contributions beyond Net Zero goals)* Designed green tariff products for a utility's residential & corporate customers Sustainability and management consulting environment with leadership spanning MBB consulting, corporate sustainability, nonprofit, and government backgrounds

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Equalize Health, formerly branded D-Rev (Design Revolution): https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/social-sector/our-insights/designing-for-social-impact-the-d-rev-story

Advised this Google-awarded, healthcare technology start-up on innovation strategy, design research, business design, and investments

Lead next to the CEO in this Indian start-up (backed by Unilever, Grand Challenges Canada, and water.org). Focused on building the Company’s innovation strategy, portfolio, and partnerships. Manage multiple hats for corporate strategic development, with focus on creating and managing the company’s innovation strategy, design research, strategic partnerships, and external communication. • Launched 3 products, 2 services, and 5 pilots in <2 years, by leading design-research, cross-functionally collaboration, engagement of corporate innovation partners (Lafarge, Lixil, Kimberly Clark), and effective prioritization• Achieved recognition of our company at the United Nations, by India’s Prime Minister, and in outlets like Forbes by leading communications & strategic partnership engagement• Managed 12 innovation and funding partnerships with Fortune 500s, MNCs, CSR foundations, investors, and consultants• Managed the Company’s Board reporting, investment pitch, financial projections, business plan, and written partnership and business development proposals

Whatify helps e-commerce businesses improve sales through API integration and advertisement optimization based on a/b testing.• Provided insights which selected the Company’s current target market • Led creative market research including web-scraping, Quora, industry blogs, and company reports to assess market size and guide pricing

Co-led the Urban Sanitation Business Models project in the African Sanitation Think Tank, commissioned by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Analyzed and produced insights on Ghana’s sanitation business ecosystem and existing business models to guide policy and strategy. My experience witnessing the passionate problem-solving and creative value creation of Ghanaian start-ups against the dire need for more impact-focused "market-makers" led me to turn down an existing PhD offer and pivot to the private sector.

Collaborated with SkyFox Ltd. (a Ghanaian start-up) in their PPP (public-private partnership) with the Government of Ghana's Community Water and Sanitation Agency, and international NGOs. SkyFox had built a mobile application which provided community water and sanitation committees with water-supply product price information, ordering, and payment with mobile money. • Uncovered gaps in the service and business design by identifying and interviewing stakeholders in the SkyFox business and service delivery model, including households, local leaders, and area mechanics • Identified opportunities to improve the service / business design through connecting communities with financial services and including mechanics in the service design to standardize quality

After attending an inspiring conference presentation about the Community Health Club program in Haiti, I approached the speaker and offered to lead a full evaluation of the program after finishing my Master's degree. I then put together a team and co-converted 3 research grants to fully support the evaluation of the Community Health Clubs program's impact on members’ preventative health knowledge, behavior change, and social capital. • Trained and led a team of 12 through in-field research (including interviews, observation, and surveys), as well as the management and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data• Provided creative strategic consulting to the program directors to improve the program's effectiveness through continuing to build on the program's existing strengths (i.e., effective learning) and overcome critical weaknesses through creative partnership development and program design• Published insights in a peer-reviewed journal article in Waterlines and co-developed a conference poster for UNC’s Water and Health 2014 Conference

I conceptualized and executed a qualitative research investigation on water access conditions and water users’ experiences in rural villages serviced by a local hospital’s public health program. My research uncovered results that were contrary to the program’s assumptions about user preferences and the effectiveness of community water management and identified socioeconomic inequalities in access. The insights suggested opportunities to improve the program’s effectiveness and equity through segmenting users, incorporating user needs and preferences, and diversifying the products offered. In addition to working closely with program directors to share the results, I published and presented the results in two conferences.

Provided secondary research support in the Institute for Policy and Social Research and to the Kansas City Area Education Research Consortium