Personal Statement: Energetic candidate with ten years of problem solving experience in financial services,

public policy, and health care seeking to contribute his skill set to organizations working to improve

performance.

Professional Experience

Independent Consultant

H+ Energy Cambridge, UK

05/2013 – 02/2015

Responsible for two year business plan for the commercialization of H+ Energy’s proprietary

biophotovoltaic technology, including phased roll out of different products and applications of the technology.

Creating the methodology and research tools necessary for conjoint analysis market research, which will

enable H+ Energy to price their products competitively to targeted market segments.

Independent Consultant

World Health Organization Geneva, Switzerland 02/2013

04/2013

Researched, analyzed, and presented recommendations on the most effective means of cutting tobacco

use in low and middle income countries, some of which have been implemented in countries such as India and

China.

Independent Consultant

FINCA International

Uganda/United States

09/2008 –

01/2012

Regional Research Specialist, FINCA Africa, Kampala, Uganda

Hired, trained, and supervised more than 40 local researchers throughout the Middle East and East

Africa as part of a data collection restructuring effort, which saved FINCA an estimated $700,000 annually.

Designed research tools and enforced uniform research methodology across each region while

maintaining sensitivity to local customs, leading the industry to recognize FINCA as a social data reporting

leader.

Led critical new credit score initiative, integrating client loan repayment data with client business and

social data to provide statistical probability of repayment, which enabled FINCA to make better loan decisions.

Research Data Specialist, FINCA International Corporate Office, Washington, D.C.

Researched and reported on the extent that FINCA’s loans were helping its clients escape poverty, which

enabled FINCA to address operational deficiencies in local offices.

Implemented FINCA’s first time series data projects, allowing FINCA to track the progress of existing

clients out of poverty, which partially led to a $3 million grant from USAID.

Helped build and personally maintained and managed the SQL Data Warehouse, with more than 600

social indicators and more than 40,000 records, which cut data reporting time by 80%.

(Microfinance Institutions) Research Fellow Moçambique/Brazil 05/2008 –

CCOM, Crediamigo

09/2008

Personally conducted in Portuguese more than 300 comprehensive social performance interviews of

microloan clients, which led management to focus on previously hidden retention problems in rural areas.

Associate 09/2005 –

National Association of Children’s Hospitals Alexandria, VA, US

05/2008

Advocated for child health by organizing and facilitating lobby meetings between child constituents and

US Senators, which culminated in the successful campaign to increase children’s hospital funds by $107 million

in 2007.

Special Project Consultant

Zenger Folkman Consulting Washington, D.C., US

07/2005 –

12/2005

Assisted in the creation of SMART goals for small businesses, which helped improve output of managers.

Education

Cambridge University, Judge Business School, MBA Graduate 2013

Concentration: Strategy & Marketing Cerebration Semi finalist (Singapore,

2012)

Hult Prize Semi finalist (Dubai, 2013)

Consulting Student Interest Group

Brigham Young University, BA History/BA International Studies Graduate 2005

3.6 GPA Tuition University Scholarship

Honors Graduate BYU Speech & Debate (Public Relations)

Special Skills

Trilingual: English, Portuguese, Spanish Software: SQL, STATA, SPSS

Databases: SQL Server, Cognos Impromptu Web Editing: CM5 Content Manager, HTML

Volunteer Experience

Obama Campaign (2008) Volunteered to canvas neighborhoods as part of the Virginia New Majority.

Perpetual Education Fund (1999 2001) Volunteer tutor in Bahia, Brazil, assisting impoverished young

adults in furthering their education.

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