Experience

Dimagi Inc.

• Project Manager

  • Jul 2016 - Present

  ◆Lead requirements gathering efforts for Dimagi’s largest project, a $1.5 million tuberculosis initiative in India◆Conduct extensive user research for 10+ separate roles in the tuberculosis patient workflow►Create interview guides and user persona templates to guide user research►Conduct site visits, shadowing, interviews, and focus groups with 30+ users in Mumbai, Nagpur, and Gurgaon►Conduct early prototype testing and feedback sessions with users ◆Lead implementation with pilot group of 20 users in Mumbai, and collected application feedback that led to further iterations and improvements

• Senior Field Manager

  • Dec 2014 - Jun 2016

  ◆ Guide the implementation and scale up of a 1000+ user maternal and child health project in Bungoma County, Kenya (includes 3 visits and 2+ months onsite)◆ Lead Social Apps initiative to create pull-based behavior change communication applications for existing CommCare workers in India, deployed to 200+ users ► Designed participatory tools to conduct focus groups, interviews, and prototype testing with users► Work with formal content providers to translate textbooks, guides, pamphlets, and multimedia into engaging and effective mobile applications► Lead four-person team in building a suite of 14 Social Apps on various topics such as health, nutrition, financial literacy, women’s safety and empowerment, and WASH

• Field Manager

  • Dec 2013 - Nov 2014

  ◆Actively engage with 6 partner organizations in the field of education, public health, early childhood development, and gender-based violence, to deploy mobile tools for front-line workers and program staff in India, Thailand, and Kenya►Build mobile application job aids for data collection and counselling on the CommCare platform, tailored for program-specific workflows, focusing on user-centered design in low-resource settings►Train mobile users as well as program staff on how to use CommCare mobile application, build CommCare apps, and review reports and data from the CommCare web portal►Conduct field testing of mobile applications and recommend post-testing iterations based on results ◆Consult with and advise partner organizations in Kenya, India, and Thailand on how to use data to inform programmatic improvement



American University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Assistant

  • 2011 - May 2013

  ◆ Conduct background research on foreign policy topics◆ Assist in planning events and the day-to-day running of the US Foreign Policy Program ◆ Conducted research on development assistance implemented by branches of the US military◆ Assist in background research and event organization for an American University conference on the militarization of US foreign policy◆ Performed benchmarking analysis of the American University Master's Degree Program compared to other APSIA schools◆ Created and disseminated two large-scale surveys on the American University Master's degree program



Pratham

• Staffing and Recruiting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• PCVC Intern

  • Aug 2012 - Dec 2012

  ◆ Conduct a formative program evaluation of the Pratham Child Protection Desk initiative◆ Develop curriculum and activities for eight slum area drop-in-centers that service child laborers and out of school children in the greater Mumbai area◆ Conduct monitoring and technical assistance visits to two Pratham residential shelters◆ Assisted in website planning and content generation for the PCVC webpage (www.pcvc.org) ◆ Assist with day-to-day operations, including donor relations and communications, fundraising documentation processing, and field staff communications



Westat

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Jun 2009 - Aug 2011

  ◆ Perform high-quality quantitative and qualitative research including data collection, synthesis and analysis of data, and final report writing for various US Department of Education Contracts◆ Serve as a federal technical assistance and compliance monitor to state and district grantees for the Teacher Incentive Fund program and the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund ◆ Responsible for structuring, writing text, and redesigning all of the content for the Center for Educator Compensation Reform website (www.cecr.ed.gov)◆ Provide outstanding day-to-day program support for contracts, including logistical support, inter-contractor communications and client relations ◆ Conduct research and write components of technical proposals for federal contracts ◆ Display effective time management skills and flexibility by working on several main contracts simultaneously, while providing short-term support on other projects as necessary