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Advising digital learning initiatives and educational transformation across the Asia-Pacific, with a focus on leveraging technology to achieve equitable, inclusive, and quality education.• Authored a regional guideline on building “Digital Learning Ecosystems for Transforming Education,” through systems thinking and the DTC Digital Transformation Framework.• Facilitate on teacher training reform for ICT-integrated pedagogy and digital skills in Tajikistan, as part of the EU-funded “Strengthening Competency-Based and ICT-Enabled STEM and VET Education and Teacher Training” project.• Support the review and development of ICT in Education Master Plans in Bhutan and Maldives, addressing AI and digital transformation challenges.• Coordinate the design a $2.5 million ICT-enabled education program for GPE System Transformation Grant in Kiribati.

Bangkok Metropolitan Area

Led the ICT in Education unit and coordinated 3 multi-country projects supporting 14 countries with the development and implementation of digital transformation in education initiatives including policy, teacher training, knowledge sharing and research.

Bangkok Metropolitan Area, Thailand

Bangkok Metropolitan Area, Thailand

Bangkok Metropolitan Area

• Led research and development of the "DSIL Open Curriculum," a foundational resource for the executive program on social innovation in development, design thinking, and conscious leadership• Produced thought leadership pieces, aligning with current global development discourse and educational challenges.

Bangkok Metropolitan Area, Thailand

Strengthened the organization's capacity to implement innovative social media and digital strategies for political marketing• Researched, analyzed, and compiled election campaign best practices for social and digital media strategy from the world’s largest political parties• Developed training program and materials for over 1000 volunteers using the Instructional Design Systems framework

Vancouver, Bc

LemonStand is the SaaS ecommerce platform built for fast growing brands and retailers to quickly reach their first $1 million in ecommerce revenue. Through extensive marketing research and customer segmentation, I helped to re-align the company's value proposition with its core target customers. A rebranding of design, website, blog, and positioning was implemented to differentiate the company amongst the competitive ecommerce industry. Key successes: • Customer acquisition: Increased customer acquisition by 157% from targeted marketing channels • SEO: Achieved first page Google ranking on key terms for two of the company’s sites after developing optimized content. • Landing Page Optimization: Drove subscription increase of 10-25% for several pages by writing and testing landing page copy to improve conversions.• Email Marketing: Developed drip email marketing campaign that obtained 37% open rate.

Vancouver, Bc

Ecquire is an enterprise sales productivity software built for sales people to stay updated, relevant, and connected to their prospects.Within the first 6 months, I built multiple online marketing channels through SEO, blogging, and mini-content sites, which resulted in over 100,000 unique visitors and helped to win 3 major enterprise customer accounts.• Customer analytics: Collaborated with development team to build a customer analytics system to track key usage of company’s software • Represented company at conferences and trade shows and established key business relationships with companies like Google, Salesforce, and Mailchimp• Business strategy: Assisted CEO in developing strategic plan, pitch decks, and creating investor report

Radar DDB was one Canada's first social media advertising agencies. I was hired as an intern and quickly promoted to larger client projects. Scope of projects included social media content, engagement, data analytics, and client reporting. Key activities: • Developed a social media measurement and analytics strategy using ScoutLabs listening tool and various insights from: YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Flickr• Created a social media education and training series • Built a blogger outreach strategy to integrate alongside with retail sales promotions• Prepared required project documentation in order to track efforts and report on resultsClients included: Canadian Tourism Commission, BC Hydro, University of British Columbia, and BC Dairy

• Spearheaded first social media initiative through introduction of policies, procedures, and system to streamline communications and guide interactions• Integrated social media into external and internal communications system to increase website dynamics and to foster internal dialogue

Doctor Of Public Administration

Public Sector Innovation & Digital Governance

Southeast Asia Inclusive Economy Leadership Program

The Inclusive Economy Leadership Program is a 10-week leadership accelerator designed to develop character and competence to address.

Master’S Degree, Leadership And Human Resources

Thesis research: Organizational mindfulness for organizational change: a case study in digital transformation

Bachelor’S Degree, Commerce

Concentration: Marketing & International Business

Diploma Of Technology, Marketing Management - Entrepreneurship

Activities and Societies: Toastmasters International, SIFE BCIT

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