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