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Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Led the development and deployment of the Signpost instance for Sudan and the region, focusing on progressive web development and quality assurance, with aspects of protection and health information dissemination and two-way communications in Sudan. Combined with social media listening, developed insights and business intelligence visualisations that.

• Led international teams in building & implementing robust data collection & analysis systems for COVID-19, Climate, Health, hate speech, LGBTQI & Protection data. Expertise in social media listening, open data, offline.
• Data Management & Architecture:- Designed & implemented data management practices for a 13-country project, including storage, archiving &security protocols.- Utilized diverse data sources: social media, open data, and.
• Database Development & Analysis:- Trained & mentored 25 personnel across 13 countries on data collection & analysis tools (PowerBI, GoogleStudio, R).- Collaborated with data analysts & researchers to source & clean.
• Leadership & Collaboration:- Led an accelerator program for data-focused journalists & media institutes across 3 countries.- Effectively managed & collaborated with teams & partners in 13 diverse locations..

• Analyzed media and social media content to identify dominant narratives and influential voices pre-, during, and post-COP28.
• Provided strategic insights into how COP28 shaped the discourse on renewable energy and fossil fuel phase-out in the Gulf region.
• Collaborated with Greenpeace MENA to produce a report used for advocacy and strategic communication.

• Led M&E efforts for IOM’s project in Lebanon, focusing on safeguarding domestic workers from trafficking.
• Developed effective M&E frameworks, collaborating with teams to enhance project impact in protection, health support, and livelihood.
• Analyzed data, informed decisions, and reported progress to senior management and donors, utilizing innovative datasets from social media.

Beirut, Beirut Governorate, Lebanon

Coordinated and governed all M&E-related activities throughout the media development projects in Thomson Reuters, utilising the most up-to-date methods and tools to capture critical data points, analyse data, and build evaluation reports of the programs/projects. Key Projects: - Monitored and evaluated a media development project that empowered local.

Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark

With a focus on Peace Building & Dialogue, managed a total social cohesion and peacebuilding program portfolio of the MENA region, utilising technology and actionable data to measure and improve peace in MENA, focusing on Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Egypt. Supporting fragile countries and communities through Diapraxis and progressive methodologies.

Lebanon

• Led data collection efforts in Lebanon to address Health and COVID-19 misinformation and disinformation campaigns.
• Managed a central database utilized by regional partners like UNICEF and media outlets.
• Designed and implemented a central database capturing rumour data on COVID-19.
• Facilitated database access and utilization by regional stakeholders for informed response strategies.

Beirut, Beirut Governorate, Lebanon

- Expert in using and monitoring technology and digitisation to protect society from Lebanon's hate speech and violent extremism discourse.- Established a mapping of the existing and programmed institutional, regulatory, and policy contents and programs relating to the Sectorial Workshop and the relevant Ministerial Recommendations contained in Pillar 8.

Lebanon

- Developed a methodology for assessing the level of engagement with and reach of the British Council digital platform for increasing resilience and peace-building in Lebanon and the MENA region. The methodology assessed metrics such as breadth of reach, depth and quality of engagement, and influence capacity. It also included an approach for evaluating.

Belgrade, Serbia

- Established ICT Lab Serbia to develop open-source ICT-focused programs in the EU/MENA region and support programs using ICT-supported tools, analytics, model and approach.- In partnership with Google, successfully developed an information dissemination platform Refugee.info, Signpost project acting as a product manager and project manager to deliver an.

Beirut, Lebanon

- Led the design, implementation and engineering of a self-registration cloud-based directory with an integrated feedback mechanism as an innovation tool for Urban/non-Camp contexts of population.- Successfully built a resilience index in partnership with the Women Refugee Council for major cities in Lebanon.- Conducted 2 national Non-profit forums.

Master'S Degree, Data Science

Post Graduate Diploma, Project Management

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Science