My career spans transformative, large-scale ($20-75M) global education and technology projects across high-risk and conflict-affected areas in Afghanistan, India, Kenya, Namibia, Pakistan, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania, Tunisia, West Bank, and Yemen. Previous roles include Country Representative, Senior Technical Advisor, Deputy Team Lead, and Project Director. I am an executive who has recruited, mentored, and served alongside diverse teams (200+ staff), a story teller adept at written communications and public speaking, a recognized out-of-the-box thinker with award-winning projects, and a fundraiser who has designed and implemented cross-functional, evidence-driven, philanthropy, CSR, and systems-change initiatives, including negotiating $18M in public-private-academic partnerships. Core Competencies: Project Lifecycle Expertise: Accomplished at driving strategic alignment, collaborative planning, and budget optimization in high-risk, crisis, and conflict environments. Experienced in all aspects of the project lifecycle: business development, contract negotiations, vendor, partner and client management (200+ organizations), startup and closeout, monitoring, evaluation, communications, launches​/​events, and reporting—with a keen eye for compliance, detail, innovation, and growth drawing on corporate IT and consulting experiences. Leadership & Team Building: Recruited and led high-performance teams (5-250 staff and consultants) to deliver innovative, impactful solutions on-time and within budget in crisis and conflict settings. Mentored leadership and served as a Board member​/​Advisor in US and international non-profits and industry associations. Stakeholder Engagement: Established public-private partnerships with governments and global institutions including Harvard-Smithsonian, MIT, Cisco, Intel, Microsoft​/​Airband. Education Content Development: Adept at designing, assessing, and managing integrated, multi-platform projects and successfully scaling solutions that produce measurable learning gains. Co-authored multi-lingual textbooks and reading materials (K-6), developed interactive Math​/​Science​/​English training content (K-8), convened policy dialogues and workshops to review and strengthen national education, technology, and teacher professional development and certification systems. Some examples of my work ​/​ achievements include: SID 2022 Lightning Talks Winner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4qh0Vk-w8k UK Secretary of State shout-out to Sheeba and the Private Detectives: https://tinyurl.com/4u3mwcym USAID Learning Gains Report https://edc.org/resources/tuned-in-to-student-success-assessing-the-impact-of-iri/ What is Education: https://vimeo.com/983528827/2c0707d3bc

Industry

Corporate foundations, Consulting, Non-profit

Specific Countries That I am Qualified In or Can Cover/ Global

Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Kenya, Pakistan, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania, Yemen and the United States.

Country that I'm Located In

United States

Area of Interests (AI, Blockchain, Privacy, etc)

Education, EdTech, Foundations, Corporate Social Responsibility, Recruitment, Team building, Organizational Development, Strategy​/​Turnarounds, Teacher Professional Development and supports, Youth Workforce Development, and Public private partnerships. Also open to fractional C-suite positions.