Tasauf A Baki Billah

Executive Director at Bangladesh Open Innovation Lab
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(386) 825-5501
Location
BD
Languages
  • Bengali Native or bilingual proficiency
  • English Full professional proficiency
  • French Limited working proficiency
  • Hindi Limited working proficiency

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Credentials

  • Crisis Mapper 1.0
    American Geographical Society
    Jul, 2016
    - Oct, 2024
  • Crisis Mapper 2.0
    American Geographical Society
    Jul, 2016
    - Oct, 2024
  • GeoBadges Ambassador
    American Geographical Society
    Jul, 2016
    - Oct, 2024
  • OSM Editor I
    American Geographical Society
    Jul, 2016
    - Oct, 2024
  • OSM Organizer
    American Geographical Society
    Jul, 2016
    - Oct, 2024
  • OSM Surveyor I
    American Geographical Society
    Jul, 2016
    - Oct, 2024
  • Duolingo French Fluency: Beginner (Estimated)
    Duolingo
    May, 2016
    - Oct, 2024
  • CompTIA A+
    -

Experience

    • Bangladesh
    • Technology, Information and Internet
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Executive Director
      • Sep 2019 - Present

    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Technical Consultant
      • Mar 2022 - Dec 2022

      *Leading & Coordinating the internal team of developers, analysts & designers for the "Development & Implementation of Maternal & Perinatal Mortality & Surveillance (MPMSR) Dashboard for Rohingya Refugees in Cox's Bazar" Project. *Work closely with the UNFPA Bangladesh, RTMI & MPMSR sub-committee of the SRH working group, supporting them as the Technical Consultant for the Dashboard Development. *Liaise & communicate as the main focal person for the technical development team to the UNFPA & MPMSR team. Show less

    • United States
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • Senior Analyst -- IMMAP COVID Response in Bangladesh
      • Nov 2020 - Dec 2021

      This project supports a global project involving 6 countries. This position supports leading the response in Bangladesh under direct supervision of the Project Lead focusing on but not limited to: *Design and implement analysis methodology in collaboration with iMMAP analysts globally and other humanitarian partners; *Proactively analyze information from sector partners, government authorities, academia and other actors; Identify gaps in information and join efforts to all them; *Provide high quality research and analysis following an evidence-based approach and ensure thorough documentation of the methodology; *Contribute to research design, methodological development and strategic planning for iMMAP’s analysis efforts in country and beyond; Maintain an informed understanding of political, economic, and social developments in areas relevant to the project activities for inclusion in analysis and timely alerting of appropriate actors; Contribute to production of regular written reports and dashboards; *Support joint analysis of secondary data through DEEP; Ensure proper DEEP use and adequate tagging of leads; Design and adjust the analysis framework on DEEP and ensure the team is trained to use it; *Work closely with iMMAP technical specialists in support of primary and secondary data collection, visualization and geospatial analysis; Contribute to Requests for Information from partners and business development opportunities as needed. *Attend periodic information management meetings with the iMMAP COVID project team and country representative to share updates on ongoing humanitarian situation and activities and promote good practices in the organization. *Maintain effective and positive internal contacts with iMMAP country and regional representatives, external contacts with national and local government officials, international non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and partner organizations; Show less

    • United States
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Country Project Lead: Citis' Covid Mitigation Mapping (C2M2) Project
      • Nov 2020 - Dec 2021

      The project was a part of a global study exploring the second Order impact of COVID-19 on the Urban Population in 09 different countries under the “Citis’ Covid Mitigation Mapping (C2M2)” Program by Mapgive initiative of the US Dept. of State and the American Association of Geographers (AAG). The role was to lead the study in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, and responsible for Planning and coordination of – Project Methodology, Budgeting, Data Structure & Design, Capacity Building, Data collection Process, Data Management Process with QC, Data visualization & Analysis, GIS Mapping, and Reporting. Show less

    • Bangladesh
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • Director Of Operations
      • Mar 2019 - Sep 2021

      *Collaborate with the Board of Directors to refine OSMBDF’s vision and strategic plan. *Provide strategic vision and manage delivery of OSMBDF mission. *Support leading the day-to-day operations, works with volunteers, partners and the wider community. Serve to strengthen and grow our support of vulnerable locations around the world including Bangladesh by engaging both local and remote community mappers. *Advocate OSMBDF and OSM’s leadership in the humanitarian and digital humanitarian ecosystem. This includes managing relationships and providing guidance to humanitarians, researchers, and partners on OSMBDF’s capabilities and strategic vision. *Fundraise and manage donor relations for programmes and projects to deliver and sustain OSMBDF’s strategic plan. *Develop an operational plan incorporating goals and objectives to achieve OSMBDF’s strategic direction. *Support financial matters including budget, audit and reporting. *Develop and engage local OSM communities worldwide in collaboration with HOT, OSMF& MissingMaps within OSMBDF’s mandate. *Foster balance with a large volunteer self-organizing community and OSMBDF's formal partnership with organizations. *Assist with the development of marketing/communications materials and other information resources. Show less

    • Netherlands
    • Research Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Project Management Consultant
      • Apr 2019 - Apr 2021

      Fast track project "Apps for Water Management", which is part of the "Operational Water Management" Innovation Theme. Fast track project "Apps for Water Management", which is part of the "Operational Water Management" Innovation Theme.

    • United States
    • Software Development
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Technical Consultant
      • Feb 2019 - Apr 2019

      Coordinate Geotagged Structural Survey & Building level Data collection for developing Resilience Model against Earthquake Vulnerability for Dhaka City. Coordinate Geotagged Structural Survey & Building level Data collection for developing Resilience Model against Earthquake Vulnerability for Dhaka City.

    • Bangladesh
    • Software Development
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Mapping Team Lead
      • May 2017 - Mar 2019

      • Supervising, recruiting and training a team of staff including programmers, cartographers, data managers, analysts and support personnel. Provides leadership and direction within the division organization, making sure that projects keep to pre-determined deadlines. • Prepare & manage annual budget and monitoring of expenditures. Accurately manage project budget and track projected vs. actual spending. Plan purchasing new equipment to improve project efficiency. • Partner with tech to translate the roadmap into actionable work that delivers the right features at the right time. Research and monitor the technical and business characteristics of competing products. • Managing the development of Application packages & evaluating the functionality of systems. Keeping up to date with new technology, investigating new GIS applications. • Synthesize the vision of the department based on input from stakeholders across the company, and communicate that vision in the form of a product roadmap. Consulting to ascertain project purpose, needs and information required & negotiating contracts. • Direct production of communications about project activity, including regular blogs posts and (social) media updates. Assist in proposal development, and other duties as assigned. • Provide technical guidance and expertise on participatory mapping and OpenStreetMap. Show less

    • Netherlands
    • Research Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Project Management Consultant
      • Sep 2018 - Dec 2018

      Mapping by Remote Sensing, ground-truthing, and digitizing of Polder 43_2B area at Patuakhali for WMKIP project to support Bangla Delta Plan-2100. Mapping by Remote Sensing, ground-truthing, and digitizing of Polder 43_2B area at Patuakhali for WMKIP project to support Bangla Delta Plan-2100.

  • i2soft Technologies Ltd.
    • Dhaka, Bangladesh
    • Manager (Admin & IT)
      • Sep 2013 - Dec 2016

      *full responsibility of Organization HR & Administration including Compliance. *Ensure HR issues - Plan, develop, recruit, maintain and lead a team which also includes policies and procedures. *Execution of company’s HR and administrative plans, policies and decisions of the Management. *Coordinate & liaison with Govt., semi Govt., private parties and has to handle any crisis situation effectively and efficiently. *Monitor & follow up proper management, maintenance of company assets, equipments vehicle, security and safety issues. *In charge of logistic activities (Planning, Daily supervision of the Logistic team and activities). *Set-up a system of purchases, including a priority setting. Adhere strictly to authorization protocols. Responsible for follow-up of local purchase. Responsible for approach suppliers, negotiates, and prepare purchase contract. with the help of the purchaser, follows the files according to the procedure through to the final decision to purchase, and establish contract, if necessary. *Responsible for the IT system management of the organization. Show less

    • Netherlands
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • Logistic Supervisor
      • 2013 - 2013

      *Set up the logistical systems, in close cooperation with the Project Logistician and according to MSF protocols and standards. *In charge of project supply activities (Planning, Daily supervision of the Supply team and activities, Order handling, Stock control, Database management ie.Logistix7 and Reporting). *Responsible for efficient operation of supply chain (order management, purchase management, stock management, freight management) in the project. And insure that MSFH supply procedure is applied and observed in the project. Receive internal request from project. Responsible for routing the requests through Stock request, Purchase List, Purchase order and Order Request. *Set-up a system of field purchases, including a priority setting. Adhere strictly to authorization protocols. Responsible for follow-up of local purchase. Responsible for approach suppliers, negotiates, and prepare purchase contract. with the help of the purchaser, follows the files according to the procedure through to the final decision to purchase, and establish contract, if necessary. *To closely monitor the stock level (medical and non medical) related to monthly consumption figure, expiry dates, excess drugs and possible shortages in the project. *Ensure efficient supply administration, and implementation of standard tools such as Log-admin kit or LogistiX 7. Responsible for the �supply� database. Consults the purchaser regarding the update of suppliers� data (addresses, prices, and preferred items), the storekeeper for update and verification of their respective stocks. *Responsible for the project IT and Cold Chain Management. *Responsible for the human resource management of the Supply team. This involves, planning and organizing the team in the most efficient way in order to achieve the objectives of the logistic department. Show less

    • Belgium
    • Non-profit Organization Management
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Logistic Assistant
      • 2012 - 2013

      *In charge of supporting the Expatriate Logistic Manager in the daily running of all logistics activities in the project. *Sharing with the Logistic Manager the supervision of the logistic components: Transport, energy, IT & telecommunications, construction, maintenance, WHS (Water, Hygiene and Sanitation) etc, *In charge of the relations with the local community and administration on the matters related to logistics and security. *Closely monitoring vehicles movements and maintenance schedule, local purchases, equipment follow up, compound activities, computers backup and telecommunications. *Responsible for the human resource management of the logistics team. This involves, planning and organising the team in the most efficient way in order to achieve the objectives of the logistic department. *In charge of project supply activities (Planning, Daily supervision of the Supply team and activities, Order handling, Stock control, Database management ie.Logistix7 and Reporting) in absence of Project supply officer. Show less

Education

  • University of California, Davis
    Geographical Information System(GIS)
    2015 - 2016
  • University of Dhaka
    Master of Business Administration (MBA), Management Information Systems, General
    2012 - 2014
  • DIU
    BSCE, Computer Engineering
    1999 - 2004
  • Notre Dame college
    Higher Secondary School Certificate, Science
    1996 - 1998
  • Ati Bhawal High School
    Secondary School Certificate, Science
    1994 - 1996

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