Experience

Australian Aid

• Indonesia
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investment Committee Member

  • Feb 2023 - 11 months

  Phnom Penh, Cambodia Hired again for Phase 2 of project that in Phase 1 provided access to clean piped water and electricity for over 1 million people in Cambodia by co-investing with over 100 local entrepreneurs who extended their water and electricity infrastructure to remote communities. My responsibility is to: 1. approve each co-investment in a local entrepreneurs’ piped water business based on the potential benefits over risks. 2. authenticate that all 100 planned sub-project investments meet… Show more Hired again for Phase 2 of project that in Phase 1 provided access to clean piped water and electricity for over 1 million people in Cambodia by co-investing with over 100 local entrepreneurs who extended their water and electricity infrastructure to remote communities. My responsibility is to: 1. approve each co-investment in a local entrepreneurs’ piped water business based on the potential benefits over risks. 2. authenticate that all 100 planned sub-project investments meet our criteria by demonstrating “additionality” and “value-for-money”. 3. conduct site visits with local entrepreneurs as due diligence. 4. highlight potential risks. Show less



SociaLab.net

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services

• Founder & Managing Director | Strategic Partnerships | Business Strategy

  • Sep 2001 - 22 years 4 months

  San Francisco Bay Area Founder of SociaLab, a management consulting company which maximizes the business value and social impact of leading organizations, from startups to nonprofits to Fortune 500 companies. SociaLab also helps launch and scale sustainable startups by providing strategic and management input to get them “investment ready,” and makes introductions to potential investors. Success stories: • Advised the “Impact Investing” VP of a Fortune 500 financial services firm : Successfully… Show more Founder of SociaLab, a management consulting company which maximizes the business value and social impact of leading organizations, from startups to nonprofits to Fortune 500 companies. SociaLab also helps launch and scale sustainable startups by providing strategic and management input to get them “investment ready,” and makes introductions to potential investors. Success stories: • Advised the “Impact Investing” VP of a Fortune 500 financial services firm : Successfully improved customer acquisition and enhanced visibility by: (a) Introducing the business leaders to the “Impact Investing community,” and (b) sharpening its messaging so that it resonates with the targeted prospects. • Givkwik: Secured the first customer plus valuable strategic partnerships for an online fundraising company. • Leftbrain: Secured a financing vehicle for a marketing company thanks to my relationship with leadership of local banks. • Deja Shoe: Revised and re-focused the business plan for a start-up sustainable fashion company, by sharpening the value proposition and investor orientation. • Rockefeller Foundation: Member of a SWAT team convened by the Foundation to develop a long-term response to the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. • NESsT: Helped a global social enterprise to create an investment fund; served on their Investment committee to assess which enterprises they should invest in. I am also a member – by invitation – of the Social Venture Network, which links me to leaders of game-changing businesses that are focused on sustainability. Show less



CARE

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Global Project Manager (Interim)

  • Dec 2019 - Jul 2020

  Lead the successful startup of project designed to reach 4 million BoP-level entrepreneurs – mainly women -- in Pakistan, Peru and Vietnam, and to provide them with access to newly tailored financial service products plus business training & mentoring. Provide management oversight and technical support across teams in three regions to drive successful achievement of outcomes and achieve scale. Create and own the Masterplan; support country-level planning and execution of key… Show more Lead the successful startup of project designed to reach 4 million BoP-level entrepreneurs – mainly women -- in Pakistan, Peru and Vietnam, and to provide them with access to newly tailored financial service products plus business training & mentoring. Provide management oversight and technical support across teams in three regions to drive successful achievement of outcomes and achieve scale. Create and own the Masterplan; support country-level planning and execution of key activities including the Evaluation & Learning Framework. Show less



NESsT

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Business Innovation & Acceleration E-Learning Expert

  • Feb 2017 - Feb 2020

  San Francisco Bay Area Designed and launched a training program on ‘’Organizational Assessment, Innovation & Acceleration’’ – partnership with NESsT– for cohorts of 10-20 social entrepreneurs in Latin America & Europe. Our course takes participants through a business planning process that follows the “business canvass” and “lean startup” models. I designed the course to run entirely virtually so that we can cost-effectively reach and strengthen social enterprises simultaneously and globally. As the… Show more Designed and launched a training program on ‘’Organizational Assessment, Innovation & Acceleration’’ – partnership with NESsT– for cohorts of 10-20 social entrepreneurs in Latin America & Europe. Our course takes participants through a business planning process that follows the “business canvass” and “lean startup” models. I designed the course to run entirely virtually so that we can cost-effectively reach and strengthen social enterprises simultaneously and globally. As the main deliverable, we support each “innovator” to develop their own business plan for launching or scaling. Our course has received a 96% satisfaction rating from participants. Show less



Nutanix

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Corporate Social Responsibility Strategist

  • Oct 2019 - Dec 2019

  Designed a CSR Strategy that provided: 1) a path forward from the company’s current rudimentary approach to a best-in-class, comprehensive CSR program; 2) benchmarking analysis that defined potential models for Nutanix to emulate; and 3) a model for maximizing the company’s potential social impact by leveraging specific strategic partnerships that I identified.



Palladium: Make It Possible

• Australia
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Cambodia Investment Oversight Committee

  • Jun 2016 - Dec 2019

  Phnom Penh, Cambodia This countrywide, innovative social investment program creates access to infrastructure -- mainly household connections to potable water & electricity -- with resulting economic and social benefits for household; The innovative program strategy is to invest in local operators to create a market incentive for them to provide services where none now exist. The program is funded by the Australian Government and implemented by Palladium. I am a member of the Oversight Committee, and have… Show more This countrywide, innovative social investment program creates access to infrastructure -- mainly household connections to potable water & electricity -- with resulting economic and social benefits for household; The innovative program strategy is to invest in local operators to create a market incentive for them to provide services where none now exist. The program is funded by the Australian Government and implemented by Palladium. I am a member of the Oversight Committee, and have served as our first Chairperson; I developed our reporting mechanism. Our remit is "to approve partnerships, investments and other activities”; we review business-funding proposals to ensure that planned investments provide “additionality”, that the business ventures are sustainable, and that appropriate financing procedures have been adhered to. We conduct site visits with local Cambodian entrepreneurs who we contract, coordinate with the project team to improve processes and results, and liaise with the Australian Government Aid agency in Phnom Penh around financing and achieving intended impact. Show less



Petaluma Health Center

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Strategy & Innovation Fellow

  • Nov 2013 - Oct 2014

  Petaluma, California • Support the launch of an Innovation Hub and Team, leading to innovation practice across the organization and pilot-testing of health-related technologies such as “video visits” on tablets sent home with patients. • Led the development of a new PHC's Project Management enterprise-wide (where none had previously existed); successfully trained all senior and mid-level managers. • Revised PHC's Strategic Plan working directly with the COO. Ensured that all managers had a… Show more • Support the launch of an Innovation Hub and Team, leading to innovation practice across the organization and pilot-testing of health-related technologies such as “video visits” on tablets sent home with patients. • Led the development of a new PHC's Project Management enterprise-wide (where none had previously existed); successfully trained all senior and mid-level managers. • Revised PHC's Strategic Plan working directly with the COO. Ensured that all managers had a clear, measurable, and achievable strategic objectives that fed back up to the wider institutional strategy. Show less



The World Bank

• United States
• International Trade and Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Management Consultant | Health Care | Technology

  • 1995 - 2000

  Edinburgh, Scotland & Washington, DC, USA Success stories: • Rockefeller Foundation: Conducted study on best practices and successful strategies of global human rights and environmental organizations in preparation for establishment of a new "Health Watch" organization. • World Bank/Nigeria: Built capacity of state and local governments in client countries. Prepared financing guidelines for project to improve access to financial capital. • World Bank/Guyana: Developed strategies for strengthening public… Show more Success stories: • Rockefeller Foundation: Conducted study on best practices and successful strategies of global human rights and environmental organizations in preparation for establishment of a new "Health Watch" organization. • World Bank/Nigeria: Built capacity of state and local governments in client countries. Prepared financing guidelines for project to improve access to financial capital. • World Bank/Guyana: Developed strategies for strengthening public management and financing of the National AIDS Control Program in Guyana. Reported to the Minster for Health as part of a multi-sector team. Regional development projects were subsequently introduced, as proposed. • UN Humanitarian Affairs: Assisted client governments to develop local management and financing capacity. The UN agreed to the financing mechanisms that were presented in my proposals. • UN Development Program: Conducted strategic evaluation of $40 million UN Humanitarian response program. Led evaluation teams to Sri Lanka, Moldova and Nicaragua. The report was presented to the UN Executive Committee. Show less