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Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Co-creating and improving organizational systems and processes from culture, finance, compliance, to people operations. I lead, and collaborate with staff and management to nurture an organizational culture which integrates equity, transparency, learning, and autonomy. I oversee people operations from benefits to coaching, from financial health to.

Baku, Azerbaijan

Facilitate management process and procurement transparency of 18 locally-driven community and local agricultural/economic development projects in Azerbaijan in coordination with 5 regional offices. Oversee review committee, pre and post award process, and revision of procurement procedures as needed based on personnel changes and local context. On-board.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Co-designed management systems and controls in a civil society organization with focus on small-holder agriculture systems, and entrepreneurship:1. HR Process: management of payroll vendor, payroll approvals, hiring/releasing, and compliance, facilitate resolution of conflict between staff, and management with staff. Results: Updated employee manual.

Manila, Philippines

Interim Country Manager for Habitat Japan with 5 direct reports. Improved financial performance through youth volunteers and new corporate engagement. Coordinated team for new business development in 7 - 10 local country offices. Results: Raised 2,500,000 USD regionally and, in Japan, within 6 months, raised 150,000 USD and increased volunteer.

Manila, Philippines

Country Manager for 2-3 million Euro disaster fund, led 2 remote teams and one central office in program strategy and metrics, inclusive house-design process, HR, procurement, and finance. Completed 700 core houses and latrines in one year through partnership with community-based organizations, local government, national government, and civil society.

Philippines

Led team of 10 operations staff in HR, finance, procurement, IT, and administration/logistics. Manage and negotiate consultants G&A and ensure deliverable is documented. Redesigned workflow and accountability structures for HR and accounting to reduce legal exposure for a 20 million USD project. Resolve conflicts between staff and ensure staff are involved.

Philippines, Bangladesh

Led new business development for 4 South Asia regional offices and garnered 1 million USD of new business for Bangladesh, including initiating a new product: urban outreach. Trained regional team in developing housing services.Skills: Regional program management, monitoring and evaluation, management consulting, and cross-sectoral programming

Yogyakarta Province & Aceh, Indonesia

Led a 4 million USD post-conflict program with a team of 2, to design and manage grants with outcome-based metrics and oversaw budget spend with 15 civil society partners in Aceh and Java. Program recognized by Ministry of Social Welfare as exemplary for other international nonprofits.Skills: Program management, youth development, partnering, project.

Greater Jakarta Area, Indonesia

Led a team of 15 to assess, design, and develop grants with monitoring and evaluation logical framework to cultivate new business for field offices and local partnerships with government and community-based organizations in HIV/AIDS, nutrition, agriculture, clean water, entrepreneurship, and peace education resulting in 500,000 USD in new business.Skills.

Greater Jakarta Area, Indonesia

Led operations for 3 - 7 satellite staff from 25 - 125 personnel with two US government contracts in Indonesia implementing participatory management and budgeting in local governments. I led both projects' operations management (budgeting, financial management, compliance, public speaking, process improvements, and operational policy implementation), Human.

Jamaica

Assessed and prepared business feasibility studies for 7 rural parish community organizations. Initiated a mint team farm with a boy's home and training in conflict resolution for local leaders.Skills: Small business development, agriculture, and crafting business feasibility studies

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