Lawrence Tweed Email & Phone Number

United States

City Of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

* Nov - Dec 2024, New Business: Market Systems Expert on behalf of DAI. Led the Recon team in Southern Madagascar in anticipation of upcoming USAID FtF opportunity. Interviewed over 30 market actors to gain deeper understanding of the market systems in the anticipated ZOI. * May-July 2024 - New Business: Market Systems Subject Matter Expert on behalf of.

Designed and lead stocktaking of international development investments across 54 African countries focused on agriculture and soil health. The activity provided a macro lens on international development spending in order to identify emerging patterns and trends and help identify successful strategies to implement sustainable agricultural practices.

Almaty, Kazakhstan

• Technical direction and region-wide oversight for CTJ’s $2 million innovation fund. The fund co-invested in over 30 private-sector companies to buy down risk inherent in introducing new products and services in three.
• Developed and led CTJ’s Transport and Logistics (T&L) strategy across Central Asia with particular focus on cold chain development and facilitating the delivery of new services to increase resilience and.
• Co-organized five annual Central Asia Trade Forums (2017-2021) facilitating regional connectivity and improved trade between Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. These forums attracted over.

Kazakhstan, Bangladesh, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria, Liberia, Burundi, Kenya...

• Bangladesh (Sept. 2015 - Dec. 2017): Consultant on multiple projects that utilize systems thinking approach to identify root causes of constraints inhibiting pro-poor growth and design interventions that facilitate.
• Liberia (April – May 2015): Co-designed safety-net oriented cash-transfer and voucher program on USAID’s “Protect & Empower for Ebola Resilience” (PEER) project, implemented by Project Concern International (PCI).
• Ghana (Jan. 2015 - April 2015) Consultant on USAID's Agricultural Technology Transfer (ATT) project in northern Ghana. Re-structured ATT's grant-mechanism to facilitate stronger linkages between private sector and.
• Nigeria (Oct. 2013 - Oct. 2014) Project Leader for GES-TAP. DFID-funded "Touch and Pay" (TAP). Partnered with Consult Hyperion to co-design a new financial service platform that leveraged NFC tablets and RFID chips and.
• Liberia (June - Oct. 2013) Acting Team Leader Ag-Input Supply Chain. Designed Liberia's first ag-in-put voucher program; identified private sector suppliers and ag-input retailers, targeted farmer beneficiaries.
• Kenya (April 2013) Key Note Speaker at the international conference on "Developing Private Sector Agro-Input Markets: Designing and Implementing Targeted Input Subsidies" in Nairobi.

South Sudan

• Leadership: Worked with Government of South Sudan, USAID and embassy officials to create a strategy for implementing $15-million agricultural development project to expand a fertilizer and seed voucher program for.
• Supply Chain Training: Identified program partners (e.g. wholesalers and retailers) and facilitated trainings focused on logistics of transporting products to remote villages, requirements for safe and proper storage.
• Presentation skills: Delivered talks to foreign and U.S. government officials highlighting the importance of viewing agricultural inputs as a public good and secured buy-in of the program with South Sudan’s Ministry of.
• Logistical/business/legal skills: Drafted 2013 work-plan, reviewed all subcontracts and vendor contracts, responsibly handled all financial matters.
• Diplomacy: While based in the Juba capital, worked closely with Government of South Sudan Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry during a transitional, post-conflict period.

Nigeria

• USAID-MARKETS: Voucher Program Coordinator
• Managed all phases of the Taraba and Bauchi state voucher programs, including: planning & design; statewide farmer surveys; trainings; voucher allocation; and fertilizer distribution.
• Worked with private sector agro-input suppliers to explain program requirements, highlight the commercial benefits of participating, and obtain buy-in and commitment to the voucher program.
• Identified key challenges and constraints in agro-input distribution channels in order to design voucher programs that encouraged development of the private-sector while delivering discounted, high-quality inputs to.
• Hired and supervised multiple project teams (each team comprised of 150+ persons) to identify and/or target over 200,000 smallholder farmers.
• Designed farmer surveys, agro-input vouchers, farmer identification cards with barcode labels and anti-counterfeit measures (e.g. embossed laminate, watermarks, etc.).

• Worked cross-functionally with engineers, designers, and search engine optimizaation (SEO) and search engine marketers (SEM) to develop new products and tested and improved existing operational processes.
• Educated stakeholders on project scope and marketing approach and worked with international, third-party vendors to fulfill organizational needs.
• Worked with Search Engine Marketing (SEM) team to gather and analyze internet data trends to optimize website performance and maintain search engine compliance.
• Reviewed and edited 1000s of website pages annually to help ensure content was legally accurate and compliant with all 50 states' rules of professional responsibility.
• Drafted manuals and designed and implemented trainings on FindLaw standards and processes.
• Interviewed and assisted with hiring new staff and built team morale daily through interactions that encouraged a fun, productive environment.

• Conducted webinars and onsite database training seminars at Duke, Stanford, U.C. Berkeley and the Combat Studies Institute (CSI) at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
• Collected and analyzed customer feedback, gathered competitive intelligence and created analytic reports conveying essential data to product developers and uppermanagement.
• Tracked industry trends and generated new business.

Kyrgyzstan

• Directed the Center for American Studies (CAS) and liaised with ambassadors, diplomats and government officials to raise visibility and promote the organization’s mission.
• Increased monthly number of visitors to CAS from 35 to more than 700.
• Developed and implemented multiple technology grants providing computers, Internet access and audio/visual equipment.
• Advised NGOs on nonprofit management principles, sustainable development, grant writing and project planning (e.g. SWOT analysis).
• Created a blog and organized international webcam discussions and instant messenger chats to link Kyrgyz university students to their counterparts in Malaysia, China and the United States.

Jd, Law, Human Rights, Constitutional Law

• Nominated for Burton Brief Award for excellence in legal writing. • Recognized by the Minnesota Justice Foundation for contributing to.

Ba, Philosophy, Asian Studies, Cum Laude