Lawrence Smith Jr.

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Experienced senior manager with broad expertise in consulting and services delivery organizations. My diverse background encompasses program and project management and in

establishing and maintaining excellence in client services. I am a strong communicator and people person with a unique mix of organizational systems and business operations, behavioral science and management. My special strengths include: Performance Monitoring and Effectiveness, Evaluation, Metrics and Planning, Promotion and Communications, Financial Management & Contracts, Community Relations, Marketing & Business Development.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS

Domestic and International Experience Multi-Site Management

Operations management Strong People person

Results-oriented Training and development

Client-focused Reports generation and analysis

EXPERIENCE

Senior Consultant, 07/2012 to Current

Lawrence International Ltd - Columbia, MD

Provide management consultancy services in programs and projects in performance management, Quality Improvement monitoring and evaluation, strategic and operational planning, business development, communications to domestic and international clients. Provided QA/QI advisory services for a large Global Fund activity.

Director, Monitoring, Evaluation and Communications, 01/2011 to 06/2012

Management Sciences for Health, Center for Health Services - Arlington, Virginia

Contributed overall leadership and strategic direction in monitoring and evaluation,

Applied research, communications and knowledge management applications for domestic and international health programs. I focused on strengthening the M&E operations of USG projects in multiple locations. Initiated the design and implementation of training and QA programs, results frameworks, and program metrics. I served on the senior management leadership team.

President & Senior Consultant, 03/2008 to 01/2011

Vigilant Health Solutions, Inc. –Columbia, MD

Provided domestic and international consulting services to large private sector firms

and public sectors organizations in pandemic and business continuity planning, marketing,

performance monitoring, and evaluation and program development.

President and Chief Executive Officer, 09/2005 to 02/2008

The Population Institute- Washington, DC

Executive leadership of an international non-profit organization that focused on

health education, training, population, policy and development issues.

Enhanced the Institute's membership and worked with private sector donors,

Private foundations and international organizations.

Deputy Director & Technical Advisor, 10/2001 to 07/2005

LTG Associates, Inc. Washington, DC, Takoma Park. MD

Leadership for a large multi-site USG-funded activity that provided global technical assistance in training, assessments, designs, M&E of health (including women's health, HIV/AIDS, MCH

integrated nutrition projects. Functioned as COO, supervised technical staff and project components that included technical reports, performance monitoring resulting in excellence in client services. Held SECRET security clearance (DOS) during project

Senior Consultant, 09/1994 to 06/1996

R.P. Rishworth & Co - Auckland, New Zealand, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

Served as Lead Senior Consultant for a New Zealand management-consulting firm.

I advised the PNG Minister for Health in community health promotion, applied research,

communications, planning and policy development.

Chief of Party & Vice President, 03/1991 to 09/1994

Cambridge Consulting Corporation - San Salvador, El Salvador

I managed TA activities for a USG funded national Family Health Services program in El Salvador that expanded a broad range of services to rural and marginal urban areas.

My multi-specialty team improved promotion and communications, established a network

of Community Health Promoters, clinics, an urban hospital and a comprehensive provider

network. Led efforts to staff and equip a private sector urban dental clinic.

EDUCATION

Ph.D.: Medical Sociology

University of South Africa Pretoria, Republic of South Africa

Master of Administrative Science Program: Administration, Organizational Systems

Johns Hopkins University - Baltimore, Maryland

Doctoral Program, NIMH Fellow (3yrs): Behavioral Science

University of Kentucky College of Medicine - Lexington, KY

M A: Sociology & Rehabilitation

B A: Business Management, Pre-med

Kent State University - Kent, Ohio

LANGUAGES

Spanish, Portuguese and Italian

SKILLS

Business development, Community Health, Consultant, consulting, client, clients, direction,

senior management, behavioral health, population health, education & training, Italian, knowledge management, leadership, metrics, management-consulting, marketing, network, performance management, policy development, Portuguese, profit, program development, promotion, QA, research, speak Spanish, strategic, technical assistance, program/project management, USG contracts.

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