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Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Developing and managing a portfolio of grants to support Andes Amazon Fund's partners, primarily in Ecuador and Brazil.

Stanford, Ca United States

• Successfully draft and secure funding proposals to implement projects in the Peruvian, Bolivian and Brazilian Amazon regions as well as Colombia, Belize and Costa Rica in alliance with local partners• Responsible for developing sub-grants with partner organizations and negotiating budgets• Liaise on-the-ground with local partners, stakeholders, researchers, and universities to engage them into data gathering and analysis to generate policy-relevant results in Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, and Belize• Ensure the project team is well connected to local partners, stakeholders, and resources • Cater project documents to be relevant to local policy and planning processes• Strategically communicate project progress and results to high-level decision-makers in government agencies, e.g., Madre de Dios regional government, Peru and National Planning Agency, Colombia. • Conduct in-country workshops on the use of technology and computer tools for ecosystem services mapping and evaluation with government institutions, non-government organizations, and universities• Led collection of spatial data, analysis, application of InVEST software and other tools for the quantitative evaluation of ecosystem services in the Amazon region and other countries• Identify decision-relevant outputs that can be produced from the scientific analyses, in collaboration with local partners and stakeholders, to ensure that project outcomes are useful and decision-relevant • Gather data with local partners for InVEST models to be relevant for priority freshwater-related issues identified by stakeholders in the pilot regions such as Madre de Dios, Peru and Beni, Bolivia

Quito, Ecuador

• Managed and responsible for a $3 million/year budget USAID and private funds• Supervised a technical team based in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru to execute project activities in the Amazon• Negotiated and co-designed sub-grants with partner organizations to achieve project objectives• Supervised consultants to conduct specific project deliverables• Developed project reports for public and private donors • Led fundraising from private funders for projects in the Amazon regions of Peru, Ecuador and Colombia• Organized donor trips to the Amazon region for fundraising purposes• Liaised with high-level government officials to achieve project objectives

Quito, Ecuador

• Managed projects across Latin American countries with annual $1.5 million budgets• Led a multi-disciplinary team of geographers, biologists, forestry engineers and social scientists• Developed budgets with in-country teams and led project fundraising • Conducted training events for staff, partners, and government technical staff

Quito, Ecuador / Caracas, Venezuela

• Led project activities in Venezuela to identify biodiversity conservation priorities prior to identify no-go zones prior to oil exploration in the Caribbean region• Coordinated with national institutions involved in the project to accompany deployment of science-based methodologies• Supervised consultants and technical staff from partner institutions to meet project objectives• Coordinated with government officials to incorporate project results into plans to avoid high biodiversity areas

Quito, Galapagos, Ecuador

• Led development of vegetation, land use cover, invasive species, and other thematic maps for decision making• Worked directly with Ecuadorian government institutions, American universities and NGOs,• Managed budgets and supervised staff, including consultants and technical staff from partner institutions

Quito, Ecuador / Lima, Peru

• Led the Equatorial Pacific Ecological Planning team to conduct an ecological assessment of the ecoregion• Coordinated project teams in Peru and Ecuador, including managed budget and personnel• Conducted the first-ever ocean and terrestrial ecoregional assessment in South America (Peru, Ecuador), covering three terrestrial and four marine ecoregions

Panama/Colombia/Ecuador/Peru/Bolivia/Paraguay

• Project funded by Global Environment Facility (GEF), United Nations Environment Programming (UNEP) and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)• Led in-country project teams in coordination with GEF, IDB, and United Nations• Responsible for project implementation and coordination with ministries of the environment in six countries• Developed project reports for donors and government agencies on project results

Arlington, Virginia, Usa

• Led spatial information program from TNC’s Arlington headquarters for Latin America and the Caribbean region• Provided technical support to TNC and partner offices to implement Geographic Information Systems and science laboratories (Conservation Data Centers) in ten countries

Stanford, California, United States

• Worked closely with the Ecuadorian Ministry of the Environment and Military Geographic Institute to organize overflights of the Carnegie Airborne Observatory (CAO) • Trained technical staff on CAO’s forest monitoring methodology to process LIDAR data of the Amazon region• Developed flight plans and secured permits from government agencies for CAO’s entry to conduct airborne monitoring of Amazon forests• Conducted flyovers with the CAO team to gather data for forest map assessment and ensured data was transferred to local organizations

Quito, Ecuador

Led a staff of scientists with multi-disciplinary expertise to implement research studies in Ecuador. Developed grants for project implementation. Hired staff to complete strategic plans. Managed an annual budget to provide administrative and technical support for the projects related to natural resources, environmental, and biological databases.

Cotopaxi, Ecuador

Directed the department of digital processing of satellite imagery and geographic information systems in CLIRSEN’s Cotopaxi research station. Coordinated projects on natural resources and environment with NASA, European Space Agency, and with Latin American countries covered by the antenna (2,500 km of radius). Managed a total budget of $400,000 to supervise the work of five geographic engineers. Represented the institution in technical and scientific events.

Post-Graduate Specialization, Geographic Information Systems And Remote Sensing

Master'S Degree, Environmental Science And Management, A

Diploma, Remote Sensing And Gis Trainer

Engineer'S Degree, Geographic Information Systems