Senior Project Manager

Management Systems International

Sam Malmberg is an experienced project manager with over ten years of experience in the management of foreign aid activities. As a senior project manager, he oversees MSI’s activities in South Sudan, Somalia, and Zambia. Previously, Sam supported US Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) to assess, monitor, and evaluate its Security Cooperation (SC) activities with Mexico and the Bahamas. He worked closely with SC personnel across US, Mexican, and Bahamian militaries to educate and teach best practices in monitoring, indicator development, and assessments.

As a senior project manager at QED Group, Mr. Malmberg managed the Home Office project management team which provided FAR/AIDAR compliance support, budget management, procurement, personnel recruitment, and technical quality assurance for QED’s portfolio of several multi-million-dollar Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) and implementation programs, including USAID’s largest mission-wide M&E program – The Uganda Learning Activity - which was responsible for monitoring and evaluating a portfolio of aid activities valued at $400 M throughout the country. He also has an array of experience working in extremely difficult environments throughout Africa and the Middle East and supported the home office management of several USAID contracts implemented in crisis and transitioning environments including Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, and Syria.

He received his master’s in international development from American University and is proficient in Spanish. Education

MA in international development from American University, Washington, DC, 2014 BA in Communication & Spanish, Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL 2009 Relevant Experience

Senior Program Manager, USAID, Management Systems International (MSI), Arlington, VA, May 2024 – Present

• Manages the Zambia Evidence for Health (E4H) activity, South Sudan Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Support (MELS) activity, and Somalia Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Support

(SMELS) contract

• Supervises project managers’ work under the Zambia E4H and South Sudan MELS contracts

• Directs and supports budget management and cost projections of activities

• Ensures field and home office teams are adhering to federal (AIDAR/FAR) compliance regulations across all activities

• Manages recruitment efforts for all activities including Short- and long- term technical assistance and key personnel

• Coordinates and communicates regularly with federal clients and subcontractors to ensure efficient and effective project implementation

• Works with other MSI departments, subcontractors, and independent consultants on the implementation of complex project tasks, procurement, programming, and other activities for assigned projects

• Reviews, analyzes, and prepares reports and other correspondence on all activities and transactions related to assigned activities, and provides timely information and status updates on assigned tasks Sam Malmberg – Senior Project Manager

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Assessment, Monitoring, & Evaluation (AM&E) Analyst, Defense Security Cooperation Agency

(DSCA), Dexis Consulting Group, Arlington, VA, May 2023 – April 2024

• Developed specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART) objectives and performance indicators for security cooperation activities in coordination with US, Mexican, and Bahamian military personnel

• Designed and developed indicators and monitoring plans for US, Mexican, and Bahamian military personnel to track progress towards their security cooperation objectives over time

• Coordinated with US military personnel to build and implement needs assessments focused on outlining capability gaps among specific military units of partner nations and recommending targeted security cooperation activities to close those gaps AM&E Specialist, USNORTHCOM, Sabel Systems, Colorado Springs, CO, June 2021 - April 2023

• Coordinated with several US defense agencies and branches to write and propose Significant Security Cooperation Initiatives (SSCIs) with partner nations in NORTHCOM’s area of responsibility (AOR)

• Supported the development and implementation of AM&E products and procedures related to SC activities with Mexico and the Bahamas

• Worked closely with SC personnel across US, Mexico, and Bahamian militaries to educate and teach best practices in monitoring, indicator development, and assessment execution Senior Project Manager, USAID/Uganda Learning Activity; USAID/Turkmenistan Governance Support Program, QED Group LLC, Arlington, VA, November 2020 – May 2021

• Managed and mentored QED’s home office Project Management Team (PMT) composed of three personnel based in Delhi, India and three personnel based in Arlington, VA.

• Served as the Sr. Project Manager on USAID/Turkmenistan’s Governance Support Program and USAID/Uganda’s Learning Activity which was responsible for monitoring and evaluating an aid portfolio of $400 M throughout Uganda

• Provided regular home office management support to the field overseeing financial, procurement, and administrative operations

• Interpreted federal guidelines from the FAR, AIDAR, and ADS to ensure compliance with regulations

• Regularly reviewed budgets and monitored projections to ensure QED was spending within its obligated funding amount

• Communicated regularly with field office leadership (Chief of Party) and federal client personnel on issues related to compliance, financial concerns, contractual deliverables, and technical/personnel concerns

• Developed - in coordination with the COP and contracted security provider - plans for potential staff evacuations in the case of city-wide violence resulting from contentious elections in Kampala, Uganda

Program Manager, USAID, International Business and Technical Consultants Inc. (IBTCI), Vienna, VA, October 2017 – November 2020

• Managed and supported several multi-million-dollar contracts across the Crisis, Conflict, and Governance (CCG) Practice

• Ensured quality control of technical deliverables and program operations

• Worked with the field office teams to ensure procurement of local subcontractors and equipment were managed in compliance with FAR/AIDAR requirements

• Managed the recruitment of key personnel

• Supported the field and home office teams with logistics planning for local and international travel

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• Led budget management and cost projections to ensure activities kept a healthy burn rate and did not exceed funding obligations

• Provided written contributions to several business development proposals related to IBTCI’s Management and technical approaches

• Activities of focus included:

o USAID/DRC Monitoring and Evaluation Cooperation Contract (MECC) o OTI Pakistan Azm-e-Pakistan (AeP) Evaluation

o Syria Humanitarian Monitoring Project (SHMP)

o USAID/Iraq Performance Management and Support Program (PMSP) o Monitoring and Evaluation in Tunisia and Libya (METAL) o USAID/Kenya and East Africa (KEA) Somalia Program Support Services (SPSS) o USAID/Mexico Integration, Collaboration, Monitoring and Evaluation (ICME) Senior Program Associate, USAID and DfID, IBTCI, Vienna, VA, May 2014 – October 2017

• Supported management of several multi-million-dollar M&E contracts under the Crisis, Conflict, and Governance (CCG) practice

• Participated in business development activities by researching and meeting with potential local partners, conducting cost analyses, and supporting recruitment efforts

• Managed budgets and financial projections to ensure costs were within funding obligation ceilings

• Worked with field office personnel to ensure procurement of local subcontractors and equipment was managed in compliance with FAR/AIDAR requirements.

• and pricing for international donor-funded initiatives in the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) of democracy and governance, conflict/crisis, and humanitarian aid; responsibilities included research, qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods data analysis, contributions to IBTCI evaluation reports, support of M&E instrument design, and development and management of program budgets

• Activities of focus included:

o OFDA Ebola Response Evaluation

o Syria Humanitarian Monitoring Program

o USAID/Yemen M&E Program (YMEP II)

o USAID/East Africa PEACE III Evaluation & Learning o DfID (Now UKAID)/Somalia Monitoring Programme

o USAID/DRC Counter-Lord’s Resistance Army (C-LRA) Evaluation & Needs Assessment

Countries of Work Experience

Bahamas, Central African Republic (CAR), Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Libya, Mexico, Pakistan, South Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia

Languages

English (fluent/native); Spanish (proficient)

Clearance: Active TS-SCI

References

Michael Stanisich Rob Grossman-Vermaas Robin Dartell MSI Practice Area Lead –

National Security

President/Founder, Bloomsbury

Group, LLC

Country Director (Türkiye), SoCha

COP (USAID/Iraq), IBTCI

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Email: Michael.stanisich@msi-

inc.com

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