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Calgary, Ab, Ca

Calgary, Ab, Ca

New York City Metropolitan Area

New York City Metropolitan Area

New York City Metropolitan Area

New York City Metropolitan Area

Yangon, Myanmar

• Supported all aspects of program design, monitoring, evaluation and learning for in country programs including leading design and implementation of logframes and MEL plans, directly managing two full-time staff• Co-led a new initiative to standardize and streamline M&E processes and tools to meet donor requirements and program management and learning needs in close collaboration with field staff and HQ technical support staff • Developed proposal budgets and budget narratives with input from senior program managers and finance staff as funding opportunities arise• Provided project management support for a large institutional donor funded multi agency project including to review and address issues related to budget vs actual reports, quarterly fund requests and support donor reporting • Developed CBO capacity self-assessment tool currently used in all program areas to guide CBO capacity development, conducting multiple workshops with field staff to ensure alignment with local context and priorities• Developed and led baseline and end of project evaluation tools and processes including surveys, logistical planning, data analysis and reporting

Los Angeles, United States

• Managed the data and analytics function to strategically support all private fundraising channels, supervising full-time, contract and intern resources• Developed and implemented initiatives contributing to the coordination and execution of data analysis driven fundraising strategies • Managed and optimized all systems supporting private fundraising data needs• Provided ad hoc writing support to the institutional fundraising team for the development of concept notes, proposals and donor reports• Coordinated regularly with the finance and operations team to facilitate revenue classification as well as timely and accurate reporting of key figures and metrics related to fundraising goals• Managed the entire life-cycle of the gift in kind function coordinating with donors and operational colleagues in the field to meet programmatic needs• Participated in events and organization functions to foster donor relationships

Washington Dc, United States

• Provided business support through business plan development, financial sustainability analysis and operational assistance for impact sourcing pilot project in Ghana coordinating with project stakeholders locally and abroad • Co-developed project and funding proposal for scale up of impact sourcing in Ghana across multiple countries incorporating external research and operational lessons learned to most effectively meet beneficiary needs within the context of financial sustainability• Provided analysis and sector mapping as part of foundations grant strategy • Assisted in liaising with internal sector groups to connect internal proficiencies with identified foundations initiatives to facilitate grant proposals • Participated in group meetings and provided input on higher level strategy of the group and its stakeholders• Provided ad-hoc assistance to pertinent projects as required managing ongoing tasks simultaneously

Paris, France

• Developed and created commercial database for access to energy projects across the developing world• Conducted and synthesized in depth research on access to energy technologies, strategies and impact for over 300 projects and organizations globally to populate database• Categorized and presented critical findings to senior management

Calgary, Canada

• Aided Direct Energy’s expansion into US West power trading as the first member of the group with experience in the area • Developed market analysis methodology and metrics to identify market trends and educated the group on relevant factors and benchmarks• Provided ad hoc Alberta power market analysis and as the group expanded recommended sound, well supported trade ideas that were executed • Assisted in all areas of the group’s expansion from developing material for the website to getting contracts in place with new counterparties and ensuring current systems were equipped for new processes

New York City, United States

• Supported all areas of US West power trading including options, term and cash trading as an intern in the summer of 2007 and was invited back full- time after graduating in 2008 • Traded a small cash position on a daily basis• Focused on the options market which involved pricing everything that came through the brokers in order to properly mark our volatility surfaces and identify potential trades • Executed interest rate and foreign exchange trades in a timely manner to hedge desk exposure• Provided ad hoc analytical support along with a daily support role which involved ensuring position and trade entry accuracy as well as profit and loss compilation and reconciliation

New York City, United States

Calgary, Canada

• Gathered and analyzed oil, gas and power pricing data as well the various fundamentals that influence prices such as oil and gas inventories, North American weather, and provincial power generation as it became available either daily, weekly, monthly or quarterly• Developed and maintained a statistical model in excel which predicted weekly US gas storage levels accurately and consistently • Trained new employee on fundamental energy market analysis • Compiled and adjusted CNRL’s mark-to-market values received from counterparties on all outstanding commodity derivative transactions on a quarterly basis meeting tight deadlines• Ran and maintained an in-house options pricing model to determine mark- to-market values on all outstanding commodity derivative transactions on a quarterly basis

Calgary, Canada

• Worked in the finance division of the SAP Solution Center • Detected and responded to errors that affected month-end joint venture cutbacks which involved interaction with various departments, including those overseas • Synchronized environments within SAP by correcting anomalies in various hierarchies • Developed an extensive capacity planning spreadsheet in excel that was used by the majority of the department and can be used indefinitely • Ensured payroll adjustments had been made correctly

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Sustainable Development

• Completed Master's thesis on Impact Sourcing as a Tool for Development

Bachelor Of Commerce (B.Com.), Finance

Global Innovation And Leadership Program

University Of Calgary International Exchange