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Washington, DC, US

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

• Create and implement strategies for private-sector organizations to increase sales in emerging markets by: i. researching, monitoring, tracking, and qualifying a pipeline of opportunities funded by international donors.
• Write and edit proposals and manage the proposal development process for business partners.
• Research local conditions and evaluate in-country expertise to inform proposals, engagements, and reports. Achievements include:
• Helped Fortune 500 companies in the information and communication technologies sector qualify business opportunities (pipeline >US$1 billion) worldwide by creating an internal research capacity and implementing a.
• Assisted one of the world’s largest transportation company with identifying and qualifying donor-funded business opportunities in Africa and developing strategies for engaging the donor community in Washington, D.C.;
• Created an export promotion strategy for a country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs aimed at increasing exports by targeting the international donor-funded market; and

Washington, DC, US

• Assist World Bank senior economists and staff in North and Sub-Saharan Africa, Central and East Asia, and Latin America with writing and editing, inter-alia, Systematic Country Diagnostics, Public Expenditure Reviews.
• Services include clarifying messages (e.g., re-writing text to appeal to policymakers), identifying inconsistencies (e.g., proposing qualitative and structural changes), and ensuring consistent formatting (e.g..

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• Implemented the company’s donor-funds strategy in emerging markets, leveraging teams and resources across geographies and business functions. Collaborated with global subject-matter-experts to ensure country teams had.
• Trained country teams in how to research, monitor, track, analyze, and disseminate donor-funded business opportunities (e.g., USAID, World Bank, EU, DfID (FCDO), and USG, etc.). Managed a global team of business.
• Supported country teams in qualifying over US$1 billion in externally funded business opportunities in Africa, Eastern/Central Europe, Latin America, Asia, and the United States. Leveraged contacts in Washington, DC to.
• Implemented new business models designed to institutionalize the research, tracking, and pursuit of donor-funded opportunities, including templates for creating proposals, donor briefs, and engagement plans and.
• Created FAQs on donor procurement rules to resolve some of the most common issues encountered during the bid process and contract signing.
• Helped position IBM as a ‘partner-in-development’ to forge strategic partnerships with donors and governments.

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• Created an overall strategy for pursuing externally funded opportunities. Tasked with providing IBM’s Governmental Affairs with the expertise and tools necessary to assist sales teams in winning donor-funded deals.
• Helped create a center of excellence within IBM to coordinate internal support and provide expertise, best practices, and engagement models for pursuing externally funded opportunities. Created strategies for.
• Assisted sales teams in emerging markets in qualifying US$400 million in new business opportunities.
• Created an internal system to research, monitor, track, analyze, disseminate, and win externally funded opportunities.
• Created IBM’s European Union-funds strategy and identified, hired, and managed local consultants in Europe.

San Jose, CA, US

• Helped implement Cisco’s public-sector strategy in emerging markets that included positioning the company as a ‘partner-in-development’ and increasing public-sector sales in emerging markets. Secured buy-in for.
• Created an internal capacity to research and pursue donor-funded public-sector opportunities in Africa, Central/Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America. Provided sales teams and business development leaders.
• Supported sales teams in qualifying almost US$300 million in new sales opportunities. Researched donor projects and provided actionable intelligence on potential sales opportunities to sales teams.
• Designed a tracking system for new business opportunities linked to the company’s sales system.
• Managed a network of funding consultants in Europe and evaluated the needs of local sales teams.

Washington, DC, US

• Analyzed international development projects and created a database of projects funded by international donors, such as the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the European Union.
• Helped organize events, attended congressional hearings, monitored legislation, and drafted reports for clients.
• Assisted in legal filings with the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, and foreign embassies.

Göteborg, Västra Götaland, SE

• Secured funding and launched a nonpartisan educational initiative aimed at informing students about international politics.
• Researched and published information about countries, global organizations, and international political themes.
• Created an educational model and a strategic institutional framework for pedagogical model-UN/EU events.
• Developed participatory strategies aimed at enhancing students’ learning and understanding of global politics.

Milwaukee, WI, US

• Tutored university students in American, Comparative and International Politics, Philosophy, English, History, and Economics.

Milwaukee, WI, US

• Organized public conferences on U.S. foreign policy and other international political themes.
• Organized and provided background material for PBS-funded educational workshops.
• Researched speaker biographies, wrote fact-sheets, and created brochures and program itineraries.

Stockholm, SE

• Basic military training, Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment LV6.
• Elected Security Advisor and represented the safety interests of the platoon.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Political Science, Economics

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Communication For Development

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