Economic development professional with 15 years of applied experience in the design, implementation and supervision of microfinance, microenterprise development, and small and medium sized enterprise development projects. Passionate about applying market-based solutions to poverty alleviation challenges. Technical expertise includes: project design and management, strategy development, business plan creation and evaluation, knowledge management, value chain analysis, mobile banking, loan and savings product design, underwriting, accounting, new business development, corporate governance, and rural and agriculture lending.