Experience

USAID - Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI)

• United States
• International Affairs
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Transition Advisor

  • Feb 2021 - Present



Self-employed

• Independent Consultant

  • Aug 2020 - Present

  Stabilization and conflict expert with extensive experience designing, researching, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating complex programs in fragile and conflict-affected states. Recent clients have included: DAI, FHI 360, Axiom International, and Integrity Global Stabilization and conflict expert with extensive experience designing, researching, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating complex programs in fragile and conflict-affected states. Recent clients have included: DAI, FHI 360, Axiom International, and Integrity Global



Integrity

• United Kingdom
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Services Manager (Program Director and Senior Technical Advisor)

  • Sep 2017 - Aug 2020

  Directing technical design and program delivery across Integrity’s MENA portfolio, most recently in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, and Iraq. Directing technical design and program delivery across Integrity’s MENA portfolio, most recently in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, and Iraq.



Adam Smith International

• United Kingdom
• International Trade and Development
• 400 - 500 Employee

• M&E and Research Manager

  • Oct 2016 - Jul 2017



Creative Associates International

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

• Research Manager

  • Feb 2015 - Oct 2016



Syria Conflict Monitor

• Co-Founder

  • Jan 2012 - Feb 2016

  In the context of the rapidly developing conflict in Syria, Syria Conflict Monitor (SCM) was established in early 2012 to collect, code, and analyze open-source material of the Syrian armed opposition. Today SCM’s dataset stands as the foremost visual, digital, and oral record for policymakers, researchers, international organizations, and general public, to better understand Syria’s armed conflict. Since its inception, SCM has amassed one of the largest usable datasets on the armed opposition, with more than four thousand videos, representing over seventy hours of content. SCM is comprised of a team of independent researchers seeking to shed light on the continuously evolving state of the Syrian conflict. The team includes multilingual experts in empirical analysis and policy research analysts with extensive experience in the Middle East. Show less



Aegis Advisory, LLC

• Washington, DC & Gaziantep, Turkey

• Program Manager

  • Feb 2014 - Feb 2015



Caerus Associates

• International Affairs

• Middle East/North Africa Analyst

  • Jun 2013 - Feb 2014

  Spearheads Caerus' Syria Research Platform on armed opposition groups in the conflict. Leads analysis on local governance and security dynamics in Damascus and its Suburbs. Spearheads Caerus' Syria Research Platform on armed opposition groups in the conflict. Leads analysis on local governance and security dynamics in Damascus and its Suburbs.



NSEP Flagship Arabic Language Fellowship

• Arabic Fellow

  • Jun 2011 - Jun 2013

  Recipient of the National Security Education Program's two-year paid fellowship for advanced Arabic study, focusing on Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian dialect. Recipient of the National Security Education Program's two-year paid fellowship for advanced Arabic study, focusing on Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian dialect.



United States Institute of Peace

• United States
• International Affairs
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Rule of Law Program Assistant

  • Sep 2008 - Aug 2009

  • Managed implementation of projects related to constitutional development, customary law, transitional justice, and property rights in post-conflict societies • Researched, edited, and assisted in the creation of USIP publications and events • Oversaw and managed a Rule of Law budget of approximately $300,000 • Helped create and manage two USIP websites: constitutionmaking.org and comparativeconstitutions.org • Managed implementation of projects related to constitutional development, customary law, transitional justice, and property rights in post-conflict societies • Researched, edited, and assisted in the creation of USIP publications and events • Oversaw and managed a Rule of Law budget of approximately $300,000 • Helped create and manage two USIP websites: constitutionmaking.org and comparativeconstitutions.org



Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Litigation Legal Assistant

  • Jun 2006 - May 2008

  • Assisted attorneys with various aspects of case assessment, development, discovery, and pre-trial pleadings in the representation of corporations and financial institutions • Directed large confidential document productions and managed groups of 10-30 contract attorneys • Investigated, wrote affidavits, and translated legal documents from French to English for pro-bono asylum cases • Assisted attorneys with various aspects of case assessment, development, discovery, and pre-trial pleadings in the representation of corporations and financial institutions • Directed large confidential document productions and managed groups of 10-30 contract attorneys • Investigated, wrote affidavits, and translated legal documents from French to English for pro-bono asylum cases



U.S. Department of State

• United States
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Training Intern, Foreign Service Institute

  • Jun 2004 - Aug 2004

  • Advised on curriculum development and handled production of Ambassadorial Briefing Books, statistical analysis of Middle East/OPEC economies • Served as assistant to the chair of the Near East/North Africa Studies Division at the National Foreign Affairs Training Center • Advised on curriculum development and handled production of Ambassadorial Briefing Books, statistical analysis of Middle East/OPEC economies • Served as assistant to the chair of the Near East/North Africa Studies Division at the National Foreign Affairs Training Center