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Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

Texcoco, México, Mexico

- Provide institutional governance support for CIMMYT leadership team - Champion launching CIMMYT operational footprint for new projects in Africa- Contribute to the design and implementation of new way of working for global operations- Develop ne

Gaborone, Botswana

• Co-founded Bovid Enterprises, a special utility vehicle for facilitating and conducting transactions across Africa and Asia, with a focus on investment and procurement.
• Specializes in writing and administrating winning grant / tender proposals, as well as conducting financial and operational due diligence during fundraising
• Links various players from pan-continental network to catalyze project sourcing
• Manages commodities trading, equipment / consumables procurement, and sports / gaming projects

Leiria, Portugal

• Fundraising: Secured over US $3.5M in Series A & grant funding from a wide range of commercial & impact investors as well as development finance institutions & global foundations.
• Business Development: Architect of domestic & international expansion plans, scaling RVE.SOL operational footprint from a staff of 5 employees in 2 countries with 52 customers at 1 site to a staff of 55 employees in 3.
• Operations & Logistics: Supervised 12 operational staff of engineers, technicians, and logisticians responsible for the construction, commissioning, and maintenance of 270+ kW solar generation assets worth US $1.3M.
• Product Strategy: Constructed financial models of energy tariff rates through negotiations with rural community stakeholders, devising a government-approved tiered pricing scheme that reduced customer energy costs by.
• Compliance: Oversaw regulatory, safety, health, environmental, and quality (SHEQ) activities of all minigrid sites & subsidiaries.

Nairobi, Kenya

• Formulated sell-side capital raise strategy & spearheaded investor outreach on behalf of SME clients seeking funding in Seed & Series A/B rounds, with ticket sizes ranging from $1M - $15M.
• Conducted financial due diligence on grant disbursements & other investment instruments across a variety of commercial sectors (i.e., Ag-Tech, Renewable Energy, FMCG), with a specific focus on low-income populations in.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Co-founded ARD, a boutique consultancy & subsidiary of Africa Desk Capital Advisory specializing in new technology deployment across the continent – establishing operations in Tanzania, Ghana, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
• Designed & executed project strategy across Africa, which included vetting suppliers, distributors, refineries, & buyers; managing quality control; determining transport logistics; coordinating customs clearance &.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Opened the 1st international office of Beryl Labs in Africa as 1 of 3 founding partners, generating over US $1.1M in revenue, landing Fortune 500 companies & marquee parastatals including Nestle, Coca-Cola, SABMiller.
• Managed Beryl’s turnkey laboratory projects, serving as technical lead on high-CAPEX engagements requiring the collaboration of multiple stakeholders, from architects & project managers to lab manager end users.
• Created the company’s quotation & accounts management systems, trained new accounts managers, and supervised their activities & responsibilities.

Singapore

• Taught 3rd year physics at Raffles Institution, the leading school for Singapore’s gifted and talented
• A member of the International Teaching Associate Programme, a nation-wide effort to expand overseas influence within academia and generate creativity & ingenuity in citizens of Singapore
• Coached boy’s basketball for the school’s Co-curricular Activities Programme
• Administrated various committees and activities as a form teacher and member of the science department

Singapore

• Taught physics at Raffles Institution, an elite academy for Singapore’s gifted secondary school students, and coached boys’ basketball for the school’s Co-curricular Activities Program.

University Of California, Los Angeles

• Managed and supervised the ticket office at over 700 events held on multiple UCLA venues
• Oversaw the weekend phone shifts as trained other student supervisors
• Consolidated inefficient event directories into a single index which optimized time spent by call center employees when interacting with customers
• Phones Room Employee of the Quarter, Fall 2007 and Spring 2011; CTO Special Events Recognition Award, Fall 2008

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, International Business

Activities and Societies: Pembroke College. Hilary Term Academic Dean's List (Top 10%) Lean 6 Sigma - Yellow Belt Certification Co-Chair.

Physics, Physics, 3.3 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Student Physics Society • Publications: On the Higgs Field and the Origin of Mass, UCLA Undergraduate Science.

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