Sector Experience

Business Services
Financial Services
Social & Public Sector
Technology

Languages

French
Wolof

Experience

Beta4Dev LLC Start-Up
Managing Member
7/2018 - Present
I work with nonprofits to develop social impact dashboards that satisfy four basic criteria. First, they are intuitive and easy to understand. Second, they focus on objective data rather than technical economic analysis. Third, they illustrate whether the nonprofit is moving the needle on their own mission. Fourth, they show whether the nonprofit's beneficiaries are doing at least as well as the rest of the country.
Positivio Start-Up
Chief Solutions Officer
2/2018 - 6/2018
I led the social impact strategy for an innovative digital media platform. The platform served stunning photo and video journalism about compelling social problems, where users could participate in positive social change.
ImpactMatters Management Consulting
Research Director
8/2016 - 1/2018
I led the research team, which conducted audits of nonprofits' social impact and cost effectiveness. Designed the algorithms for quality of impact evidence. Advised nonprofit executives on monitoring and evaluation. Hired and trained analysts that conducted impact audits.
International Development Group Other
Team Leader
3/2015 - 6/2016
I led the impact evaluation of a USAID program in Senegal. My team fielded 2700 household surveys and more than one hundred key informant interviews and focus groups, using digital survey technology in face-to-face interviews. The evaluation established the effectiveness of a nutrition and agriculture program in combating undernutrition and poverty.
Tufts University Other
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
7/2011 - 2/2015
I led a research institute that studied financial inclusion in the United States, Mexico, and India. We studied the costs of cash and digital payment services for consumer, businesses, central banks, and the fintech industry. We partnered with market researchers, national finance ministries, and academics to create original research and business case studies.
US Cyber Consequences Unit Management Consulting
Research Director
6/2004 - 6/2010
As research director for economic relationships, I supported the chief economist in developing economic models of cyber attacks and their consequences. I conducted research with clients; contributed to research reports; and trained staff in the economics of cyber security.
Institute for Global Maritime Studies Other
Research Fellow
6/2007 - 9/2008
I was the chief economist on a study of coastal shipping in the United States.