Samhir Vasdev Email & Phone Number

Washington Dc

Dev Design Consulting LLC is a cross-functional design, tech, and strategy consultancy that drives digital literacy and social impact. Visit www.dev.design.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Adjunct professor leading graduate level classes on information design, science, technology, innovation, and global development.

Driving multi-stakeholder partnerships to help the world's biggest nonprofit brands use Meta's platforms, community, and data in service of global impact.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Washington Dc

• Integrating digital development and information communication technologies (ICT) in IREX’s capabilities, thought leadership, programs and management systems. • Developing organizational priorities related to digital development and ICT and works to strengthen innovation, thought leadership, and program implementation through digital development tools.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Co-managed 8-month international contest for innovation in sanitation, convening 1,200+ apps developers and 30+ sector specialists, covered by the New York Times, Guardian, and BBC.• Led the development of an open-source portal to catalog applications for international development, deployed in multiple regions across 3 continents.• Mapped student performance indicators of 2,000+ schools in Kenya for proposal to Tanzania’s Ministry of Education.• Produced videos, infographics, and… Show more • Co-managed 8-month international contest for innovation in sanitation, convening 1,200+ apps developers and 30+ sector specialists, covered by the New York Times, Guardian, and BBC.• Led the development of an open-source portal to catalog applications for international development, deployed in multiple regions across 3 continents.• Mapped student performance indicators of 2,000+ schools in Kenya for proposal to Tanzania’s Ministry of Education.• Produced videos, infographics, and presentations delivered to World Bank President Jim Kim, UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson, and UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake.• Edited policy note for Ethiopian ICT Ministry and designed layout of 4 flagship reports, including organizing global initiative to crowdsource feedback on draft reports.• Designed and managed 3 websites reaching 10,000+ monthly unique visitors and moderated LinkedIn groups—doubling membership to 3,000+ members—while developing and executing communications strategies for each.• Designed visual identities for various communities of practice and World Bank sector groups.• Managed 5 interns to lead research to evaluate ICT components of $100m+ project portfolios. Show less

Contributed weekly research essays and news articles to the company blog, focusing on the intersection of 21st-century technologies with politics, well-being, finance, and learning.

Corvallis, Oregon Area

Designed, constructed, and troubleshot the New Business Operations' Experiences Lab, consisting of 8 next-gen 4-D immersion entertainment systems.

B.A., Government

Activities and Societies: GU Lecture Fund • Graduated magna cum laude. • Elected Chair of the Lecture Fund to host 30+ dignitaries.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Communication, Culture, And Technology

• Thesis: Development by Design: Leveraging principles of design thinking for improved aid effectiveness. • Summer program at the Geneva.