Francis BENT
206-***-**** adp0ft@r.postjobfree.com Seattle, WA
Summary
Bent Francis has 15+ years of experience in project management, program administration, training, and business administration, as well as teaching computer programming languages and public health classes, training, strategy development, leadership, and change management. He traveled in many countries in Africa, Europe, and North America to implement new programs, education, communication, and Administration. Fluent in English, Swahili and French. Throughout his career he has interfaced effectively with people of diverse cultures, backgrounds, and orientations. Multiculturalism has been a major component of each organization with which he had been associated.
skills
System analyst and design: Computer Operating System (window Unix, linux,SharePoint, and Novel), Microsoft Office Suite, Live Meeting, Groove, Quick Book, procurement, Macromedia (Dream Weaver, Flush and Fireworks), HTML, Photoshop, Web Design, Multimedia, SQL Server 2000, Oracle 8i,9i/10i, UNIX, VB. Net, C++, Python, JavaScript, Java, CSS, Networking, etc.
Business: Accounting, Economics, Managing Change, Developing Strategies Plan, Disciplining and redirecting employees, Project Management, Statistics, Mathematics, Annual Budget, Program Award, Toolbox, Organization Behavior, Strategic marketing Planning, International Marketing and Procurement.
Research methods: Qualitative and quantitative research, survey design, evaluation methods, interview techniques, writing for research, introduction to advance study and writing, and mixed methods, research, redesign and spss software
Technology communication tools: Skype, GoToMeeting, Drop Box, Watsup, Facebook, Zoom, Agile Portfolio and Video Conference.
Leadership and Change : Leading a team, leading in time of uncertainty, Managing Disagreement, Managing projects, change project, leading and facilitating change, Organization Change, Leadership and change strategies and cultural/global dimension of leading change and Leading group in time of uncertainty
Public Health: Disaster Management, epidemiology, health promotion, biostatistics, toxicology, environmental risk assessment, environmental health assessment, workplace wellness, principles of industrial hygiene, survey of environmental health and population and environmental health
education
BS Computer Science - Zambia Institute of Management-Zambia
MBA College of Business Practitioners - Massachusetts UK
MS, Computer Science - Sacred heart University, Fairfield, Connecticut
Master Public Health - Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
Career Track
International Technology University of Congo 2011 – 2021
Project Manager
From 2011 to 2021: lived in Democratic Republic of Congo and worked as a project & training manager and program administrator.
Responsibilities included planning and leading projects, managing budgets, ensuring students and stakeholder satisfaction, and opening news sites in different provinces of the country. Relocated back to the US in December 2021, looking for new opportunities.
PATH (A Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation) – Seattle, WA 2006 – 2011
Program Administrator Officer I (2007 - 2011)
Working with MACEPA’s Manager of Operations and team members to understand program strategies, process of improvement, staff training and development resources, goals and objectives, technologies, procurement, development and managed annual budget, coordinating budget development, logistics for country operation and communication protocols in support of program growth.
Update operating budgets quarterly to reflect actual expenses and budget changes; prepare monthly reports for team leadership. Verify expenses and labor approve project expenses and request payment as needed,
Research and correct expense coding errors, recommend appropriate cost-saving approaches. Create and deactivate and re-class wrong activities for all MACEPA teams’ codes.
Initiate, process, track, and maintain inventory for all hardware, software, and equipment purchases.
Managed project lifecycle of three large projects, totaling $7M+.
Business System Analyst (2006 - 2007)
Designed survey questionnaires that helped all MACEPA teams to list their concerns. Based on survey results, created a process called “MACEPA Process of Improvement” providing solutions to team’s concerns.
Provided technical assistance to all MACEPA field Completed basic documentation such as flow charts.
Developed proposal for software and hardware upgrades to address project needs for development of training materials and/or resources, timeframe for implementation, and budget.
Implemented the use of MS project and Project Web Access to all MACEPA employees.
Developed Groove, MS Project, OCS and Live Meeting Documentation to all MACEPA employees and Arrivac team in India.
Information Technology Support (2006)
Serve as point person for IT related questions, training, etc.
Uploaded MACEPA Milestones into MS project and track the percentage of each milestone task.
Helped with all computer related problems for Seattle and Republic of Zambia teams.
Served as a point person for MACEPA to IT team.
Provided training, technical assistance, and back up to field office(s) as needed.
Other positions held 2004 – 2006
Teacher – Clover Park School District, Lakewood, WA
Adjunct Instructor – Pierce College, Puyallup, WA
Adjunct Instructor – DeVry University, Fife, WA
Translator – Immigration Court, Lyndhurst, NJ