Functional Skills
Data Science
Data Analysis
Business Development
Qualitative Research
Data Management
Data Collection / Research
Leadership Development
Predictive Analytics
Data Visualization / Reports
Business Analytics
Data Strategy
Private Equity Investing
Quantitative Research
Proposal Writing
Strategic Planning
Sector Experience
Agriculture
Business Services
Energy
Financial Services
Social & Public Sector
Experience
Vivid Impact Management Consulting
Management Consulting
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
10/2023 - Present
• For US Department of Treasury Office of Technical Assistance: Designed and conducted rigorous, independent evaluations on revenue and budget projects in Côte d'Ivoire and Indonesia, respectively; led multidisciplinary teams for complex evaluations
• For Ukraine Smart City (Vid Sertsya Budova): Create impact framework and develop quantitative model to estimate environmental, financial, and social returns to investments
• For World Bank Africa Chief Economist's Office: Develop data collection approach and contribute to writing of a job creation report
• Deliver high-quality impact measurement and management services enhanced by advanced analytics
• Develop and refine impact frameworks (logic, theory of change, impact thesis, monitoring, evaluation, learning and reporting plans, and indicators)
• Conduct cost benefit and cost effectiveness analyses that enable rigorous impact analysis, guide the investment process/project life cycle, and enhance decision-making
• For Ukraine Smart City (Vid Sertsya Budova): Create impact framework and develop quantitative model to estimate environmental, financial, and social returns to investments
• For World Bank Africa Chief Economist's Office: Develop data collection approach and contribute to writing of a job creation report
• Deliver high-quality impact measurement and management services enhanced by advanced analytics
• Develop and refine impact frameworks (logic, theory of change, impact thesis, monitoring, evaluation, learning and reporting plans, and indicators)
• Conduct cost benefit and cost effectiveness analyses that enable rigorous impact analysis, guide the investment process/project life cycle, and enhance decision-making
Palladium International
Management Consulting
Sr. Technical Advisor, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL
11/2020 - 12/2022
• Led a change management process to enhance evidence-based technical design for proposals in Palladium Americas' 4 economic growth portfolios, including inclusive growth
• Led a multi-disciplinary team of 7 staff to provide combined MEL, research, digital, and data science tools and solutions for business development and active projects
• Recruited, supervised, and mentored MEL employees and consultants
• Integrated and highlighted gender, social inclusion, diversity, equity, and inclusion principles into project technical designs and MEL plans
• Developed USAID Activity MEL Plans and Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting Plans
• Built quantitative models to estimate investment financial and social impact
• Developed data collection and reporting tools for investees
• Generated innovative approaches for the MEL and Adaptive Management Technical Quality and Excellence Group
• Designed and delivered adaptive management, strategy strengthening, and data leveraging training curric
• Led a multi-disciplinary team of 7 staff to provide combined MEL, research, digital, and data science tools and solutions for business development and active projects
• Recruited, supervised, and mentored MEL employees and consultants
• Integrated and highlighted gender, social inclusion, diversity, equity, and inclusion principles into project technical designs and MEL plans
• Developed USAID Activity MEL Plans and Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting Plans
• Built quantitative models to estimate investment financial and social impact
• Developed data collection and reporting tools for investees
• Generated innovative approaches for the MEL and Adaptive Management Technical Quality and Excellence Group
• Designed and delivered adaptive management, strategy strengthening, and data leveraging training curric
Millennium Challenge Corporation
Research
Associate Director, Monitoring and Evaluation
2/2017 - 11/2020
Burkina Faso I, Burkina Faso II, Regional (Burkina Faso and Cote d'Ivoire), Indonesia, and Cote d'Ivoire Compacts Designed and managed the monitoring, evaluation, and learning activities for US government investments in economic growth and development in:
• Indonesia ($600M: Procurement Modernization Project and Green Prosperity Project: agriculture (cocoa), renewable energy, land use and management). Results measurement included 2 impact evaluations.
• Burkina Faso II ($494M: energy (policy and institutional reform; energy transmission, distribution, battery storage; and energy access and productive use). Co-designed special studies on gender and social inclusion
• Cote d'Ivoire ($525M: secondary education and transport)
• Regional Compact - Burkina Faso and Cote d'Ivoire ($300M: energy)
• Guided 7 multi-disciplinary project teams to design and implement evidence-based, highly effective projects ($30M-$330M per project)
• Supervised 5 evaluation teams (including 2 impact evaluat
• Indonesia ($600M: Procurement Modernization Project and Green Prosperity Project: agriculture (cocoa), renewable energy, land use and management). Results measurement included 2 impact evaluations.
• Burkina Faso II ($494M: energy (policy and institutional reform; energy transmission, distribution, battery storage; and energy access and productive use). Co-designed special studies on gender and social inclusion
• Cote d'Ivoire ($525M: secondary education and transport)
• Regional Compact - Burkina Faso and Cote d'Ivoire ($300M: energy)
• Guided 7 multi-disciplinary project teams to design and implement evidence-based, highly effective projects ($30M-$330M per project)
• Supervised 5 evaluation teams (including 2 impact evaluat
World Bank
Other
Results Measurement Consultant
10/2013 - 2/2017
Results measurement, evaluation, research, program management, and training activities with a private sector development focus, including entrepreneurship, innovation, tourism, value chain strengthening, trade, and competitiveness.
• Trade and Competitiveness (T&C) Global Practice (GP) Cote d'Ivoire Infrastructure for Urban Development and Competitiveness of Secondary Cities (2017)
• T&C GP Organization of Eastern Caribbean States Tourism Competitiveness Project
● • Poverty and Equity GP Paraguay Assessment of the Quality of Public Services Delivery
● • T&C GP Malaysia and East Asia/Pacific Entrepreneurship and Innovation (2016)
• T&C GP Haiti Business Development and Investment Project and Haiti Competitive Industries and Innovation Program
● • World Bank Institute Innovation Practice Evaluation (2014)
• Human Development Network Multi-Donor Trust Fund on Labor Markets, Job Creation, and Economic Growth (2014)
• MENA Strategic Cooperation Department Middle East and North Afric
• Trade and Competitiveness (T&C) Global Practice (GP) Cote d'Ivoire Infrastructure for Urban Development and Competitiveness of Secondary Cities (2017)
• T&C GP Organization of Eastern Caribbean States Tourism Competitiveness Project
● • Poverty and Equity GP Paraguay Assessment of the Quality of Public Services Delivery
● • T&C GP Malaysia and East Asia/Pacific Entrepreneurship and Innovation (2016)
• T&C GP Haiti Business Development and Investment Project and Haiti Competitive Industries and Innovation Program
● • World Bank Institute Innovation Practice Evaluation (2014)
• Human Development Network Multi-Donor Trust Fund on Labor Markets, Job Creation, and Economic Growth (2014)
• MENA Strategic Cooperation Department Middle East and North Afric
ACA
Data Science / Analytics
Data Management Consultant
1/2012 - 1/2013
• Managed large national data publication projects simultaneously (readership over 1000 institutions, local, state, national, international, and military) and provided survey design, data collection, and data analysis solutions
African Development Bank (AfDB)
Research
Evaluation Consultant
3/2011 - 8/2011
Chief Economist Complex, Development Research Department
• Authored two chapters in the 2011 African Development Report on private sector development: 1. Evaluated the AfDB's experiences in private sector development and lessons learned through impact evaluations 2. Explored the role of entrepreneurship and innovation in private sector development, economic growth, and poverty reduction in Africa
• Coordinated and co-edited the 2011 African Development Report
• Authored two chapters in the 2011 African Development Report on private sector development: 1. Evaluated the AfDB's experiences in private sector development and lessons learned through impact evaluations 2. Explored the role of entrepreneurship and innovation in private sector development, economic growth, and poverty reduction in Africa
• Coordinated and co-edited the 2011 African Development Report
World Bank
Research
Analytics Consultant
1/2009 - 6/2011
Development Economics Research Group - Trade and International Integration
• Managed firm-level datasets of African professional services providers and a regulatory database for African countries
• Conducted econometric analysis on the datasets
• Managed firm-level datasets of African professional services providers and a regulatory database for African countries
• Conducted econometric analysis on the datasets
George Mason University, CBCF
Research
Graduate Research Assistant and Fellow
1/2005 - 1/2008
Conducted various research and data analysis projects