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Columbia, Maryland, United States

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Technical Director, Market SystemsJuly 2018 - March 2020Drive and maintain MEDA’s technical strategies of business-oriented, inclusive market development including methodology, tools and market interventionsSupport business development: identifying market trends, designing innovation solutions and developing business proposalsGrow staff competencies and capabilities to improve delivery of market development solutions Promote Lean/Agile methods to test market assumptions… Show more Technical Director, Market SystemsJuly 2018 - March 2020Drive and maintain MEDA’s technical strategies of business-oriented, inclusive market development including methodology, tools and market interventionsSupport business development: identifying market trends, designing innovation solutions and developing business proposalsGrow staff competencies and capabilities to improve delivery of market development solutions Promote Lean/Agile methods to test market assumptions, develop prototypes, collect and analyze data and pivot along a market strategy roadmapDesigned, programmed and deployed next generation electronic voucher product (Python, MongoDB, Azure) Show less

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Managed high value, multi-year project portfolio including four project managers and their projects and teamsDeveloped new business pipeline opportunities through partner engagement, donor relationships, and business proposal developmentProvided technical design and support of market-oriented value chain and supply chain projects as well as performing sub-sector, economic, and market segmentation analysis Designed, planned, and implemented information systems including supply chain… Show more Managed high value, multi-year project portfolio including four project managers and their projects and teamsDeveloped new business pipeline opportunities through partner engagement, donor relationships, and business proposal developmentProvided technical design and support of market-oriented value chain and supply chain projects as well as performing sub-sector, economic, and market segmentation analysis Designed, planned, and implemented information systems including supply chain management, customer relationship management, business modeling, data analysis and communication tools Show less

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Developed and supported new business pipeline opportunities through partner engagement, donor relationships (USAID), and business proposal developmentManaged international value chain projects in Health and Agricultural Market Linkages (Eastern Europe and Africa)Analyzed market value chains and supply chains, innovating and creating market linkage opportunitiesPerformed short term consulting engagements in value chain and information technologyEvaluated and developed… Show more Developed and supported new business pipeline opportunities through partner engagement, donor relationships (USAID), and business proposal developmentManaged international value chain projects in Health and Agricultural Market Linkages (Eastern Europe and Africa)Analyzed market value chains and supply chains, innovating and creating market linkage opportunitiesPerformed short term consulting engagements in value chain and information technologyEvaluated and developed applications, particularly leveraging mobile technologySelected Contracts:Ukraine Horticulture Development Project (USD 22 million)eVoucher, Tanzania Show less

Washington D.C. Metro Area

A boutique consulting firm specializing in project and portfolio management for U.S. Federal government agencies.Performed project manager and senior business analyst roles, identifying and analyzing strategic goals, business processes, benefit performance modeling, organizational impact, business case development, and architecting business solutions for U.S. federal civilian government agencies. (See entry below for more information)

Uganda

Mentored six-person management team and managed a sixty-three employee non-profit organization in Jinja, Uganda with over $500,000 revenue. (Volunteer position)Aligned AOET’s operations with its strategic focus of caring for HIV/AIDS orphans and vulnerable children through child welfare, education, health care, economic empowerment services. Transitioned organization from a centralized organization culture to a distributed power, departmentally focused organization. Instituted an… Show more Mentored six-person management team and managed a sixty-three employee non-profit organization in Jinja, Uganda with over $500,000 revenue. (Volunteer position)Aligned AOET’s operations with its strategic focus of caring for HIV/AIDS orphans and vulnerable children through child welfare, education, health care, economic empowerment services. Transitioned organization from a centralized organization culture to a distributed power, departmentally focused organization. Instituted an objectives-based and results oriented management approach, migrating from an activities-based focus. Revised accounting systems by introducing fund accounting principles, altering chart of accounts, and presenting profit loss reports at department and project levels. Revised financial policies and procedures to promote financial management and accountability. Show less

Washington D.C. Metro Area

A boutique consulting firm specializing in project and portfolio management for U.S. Federal government agencies.Performed project manager and senior business analyst roles, identifying and analyzing strategic goals, business processes, benefit performance modeling, organizational impact, business case development, and architecting business solutions for U.S. federal civilian government agencies. Participated on proposal development team, creating proposals and managing contract… Show more A boutique consulting firm specializing in project and portfolio management for U.S. Federal government agencies.Performed project manager and senior business analyst roles, identifying and analyzing strategic goals, business processes, benefit performance modeling, organizational impact, business case development, and architecting business solutions for U.S. federal civilian government agencies. Participated on proposal development team, creating proposals and managing contract acquisition, resulting in multi-year, multi-million dollar task orders.Managed Work Request delivery, budget, schedule, team members, and client relationships in TIPPS 3 Task Order contracting environment. Initiated, organized, and coordinated in-house PMP and CAPM training and certification study groups.Selected Consultancies:Electronic Tax Administration, Internal Revenue ServiceProject Management Office, U.S. Department of Labor Show less

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Provided maintenance and operational support in a CMM Level 3 environment to ensure e-services product suite met performance expectations and achieved SLA commitments.Managed fifteen person production support and maintenance team and associated activities, including break-fix development, configuration management, product deployment, testing, system administration, and transactional processing maintenance.Collaborated with IRS business units and coordinated other IRS contracting… Show more Provided maintenance and operational support in a CMM Level 3 environment to ensure e-services product suite met performance expectations and achieved SLA commitments.Managed fifteen person production support and maintenance team and associated activities, including break-fix development, configuration management, product deployment, testing, system administration, and transactional processing maintenance.Collaborated with IRS business units and coordinated other IRS contracting entities to manage production deployments on six different platforms, resolve production problems, and determine installation and deployment schedules. Developed and coordinated project plans, deployment activities, monitoring activities, and break-fix activities with other matrixed PRIME and IRS project teams.Redesigned the configuration management processes and created a packaged deployment methodology.Technologies: IBM Rational Suite, PeopleSoft, Java, C++, XML/XSL, Mainframe-JCL, Oracle, DB2, WebSphere, Windows NT Show less

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Managed high value IT outsourcing contracts and projects. Conducted IT assessments and managed transitions as entry into full IT outsourcing contracts.Participated in business development activities, wrote proposals, and negotiated contract proposals, successfully growing division revenue, clients, and contracts.Improved Impact’s customer focus and delivery through participation on Customer Intimacy Team and IT Optimization Community.Strengthened project delivery methodology and… Show more Managed high value IT outsourcing contracts and projects. Conducted IT assessments and managed transitions as entry into full IT outsourcing contracts.Participated in business development activities, wrote proposals, and negotiated contract proposals, successfully growing division revenue, clients, and contracts.Improved Impact’s customer focus and delivery through participation on Customer Intimacy Team and IT Optimization Community.Strengthened project delivery methodology and processes by designing internal ITIL standards and software application development delivery methodology.Selected Consultancies:Allied Capital, Washington, DC: Managed and directed application and infrastructure IT teams to deliver ICT outsourcing services Business Loan Express, New York, New York: Business rules online SBA lending applicationTechnologies: Microsoft 2000 server and user environment, Active Directory (ADSI), Exchange 2000, Checkpoint, ISS, SharePoint 2000, SQL Server, Pivotal, McCracken Strategy, Heat, Solomon IV 5.5, Java, Oracle Show less

Tanzania; Washington D.C. Metro Area

Performed strategic, institutional and financial analysis of financial institutions. Recommended measures to improve financial and organizational performance and institute best practices. Analyzed and restructured financial information systems as well as loan and savings delivery systems.Designed, programmed, and deployed loan origination and servicing software application that provided timely and accurate status of client accounts for a portfolio of over 700 active loans and… Show more Performed strategic, institutional and financial analysis of financial institutions. Recommended measures to improve financial and organizational performance and institute best practices. Analyzed and restructured financial information systems as well as loan and savings delivery systems.Designed, programmed, and deployed loan origination and servicing software application that provided timely and accurate status of client accounts for a portfolio of over 700 active loans and $400,000. Performed as part of a multi-disciplined team to create and deliver of MFI Quality Standards consulting package utilized in Tanzania NIGP project.Key Publication: Management Information Systems Handbook for Microfinance Institutions, CGAP Show less

Nairobi, Kenya And Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

Provided technical assistance in creation and operation of a sustainable microfinance institutionDesigned and created complex, multiple-branch Micro-Finance financial planning model and deployed loan portfolio management software.

Ba, Economics And Political Science

Activities and Societies: U.S. State Department Intern, Bonn West Germany 1988 Research Assistant Kevin Hoover - Money demand models, 1986.

Ma, Economics